For the first time in more than 30 years, 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 spring commencement ceremony was held in Spratt Memorial Stadium. As the University approaches its centennial year, 2015, take a look back at significant commencement events throughout our history. The first commencement for the St. Joseph Junior College was held [...]
Four community members have agreed to serve as chairs of the comprehensive capital campaign that will be part of 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 centennial in 2015: R. Dan and Dale Boulware and Dr. Mark and Mary Margaret Laney. 鈥淎s we prepare to celebrate 100 years of transforming lives and carry that legacy [...]
Last fall, the annual International Fair at 大象传媒 Western drew more than 400 participants and a Kuwaiti student鈥檚 presentation was standing-room-only. The University is embracing its internationalization, and Amy Kotwani, International Student Services director, couldn鈥檛 be more pleased. Dr. Krikor Partamian plays in the championship match of the inaugural [...]
If you go online and Google 鈥渂acterial computing,鈥� four out of the first five entries that appear are papers that have been published by 大象传媒 Western professors and students. Since 2006, Dr. Todd Eckdahl, Dr. Jeff Poet and eight teams totaling 19 mathematics and 35 biology 大象传媒 Western undergraduate students [...]
Students have a new place to gather on campus, thanks to the generosity of a local family. This spring, the University dedicated the Kelley Commons, a beautiful outdoor patio right outside the Blum Union. It is named for the Kelley family, which includes the parents, Jean Kelley and the late [...]
鈥淚 wanted their memories to live on.鈥� Those seven words sum up the feelings of Alonzo Weston and his longtime dream that was fulfilled with the help of a 大象传媒 Western professor, a graduate student and an alumna. Last summer, Weston, a reporter for the St. Joseph News-Press, wrote a [...]
鈥淚t is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.鈥� Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) Here is a question for alumni from the 1970s, 鈥�80s or 鈥�90s: What campus organization traveled all over the United States and made a name for 大象传媒 Western because [...]
"This captures the spirit of him as a man.鈥� Those were the words of Walter Cronkite鈥檚 daughter Kathy Cronkite when she toured the new Walter Cronkite Memorial in the Spratt Hall atrium last fall. The memorial was dedicated and officially opened on Nov. 4, 2013, the 97th anniversary of Walter [...]
鈥淚 can鈥檛 describe what it is like to actually see a human heart beating.鈥� That was just one of many valuable experiences nursing student Michael Balak 鈥�13 said he had this past summer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. when he participated in a 10-week experience there. Two [...]
