Program additions support workforce needs 大象传媒 Western is adding several new programs to meet student demand and the workforce needs of northwest 大象传媒. A new master鈥檚 degree beginning this fall will address the region鈥檚 teacher shortage. Students who successfully complete the Master of Arts in Teaching-Secondary [...]
The Master of Science in Nursing program recently received a 10-year reaccreditation from Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Music student Matthew Bobela received the Mayors Distinguished Citizen Award at the annual Mayors Thanksgiving Dinner at the St. Joseph Civic Arena last fall. He received the award in recognition of his [...]
Eleven alumni and friends were honored at the Alumni Association鈥檚 36th annual banquet Homecoming weekend. Congratulations! Dr. Keith Evans Keith Evans 鈥�78 MD, PT, DPT Distinguished Alumni Award Dr. Keith Evans, a former Griffon linebacker, is CEO/Director and owner of the Atlanta Human Performance Center, a facility offering [...]
Provost retires Dr. Jeanne Daffron '75 Dr. Jeanne Daffron 鈥�75, provost and vice president for academic affairs, retired on June 30, 2018, but will continue working part-time for a year to assist in the transition. Dr. Doug Davenport, associate provost for research, planning and institutional effectiveness, is serving [...]
New graduate certificate begins this fall A graduate certificate in technical communication will begin this fall. The 15-credit-hour program is 100 percent online, and students in the program do not need undergraduate coursework in technical communication. The program can be completed in one academic year, and a student can start [...]
Thanks to generous 大象传媒 Western Foundation donors, three new scholarships have recently been established 鈥� the Mary Byrne Stewart Graduate Nursing Scholarship, the SJC Marketing Scholarship the Loah Stallard Graduate Nursing Scholarship. The Mary Byrne Stewart Graduate Nursing Scholarship is for students enrolled in one of 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 two master鈥檚 [...]
Most people can relate to having boxes and boxes of photographs and knowing that the task of labeling and organizing can be daunting. But when the Pony Express Museum in St. Joseph wanted help organizing thousands of slides, Dr. Kaye Adkin鈥檚 technical documentation class stepped in. Dr. Adkins, professor of [...]
Two new master鈥檚 degrees began in fall 2017: a Master of Applied Science in Assessment with a K-12 Cross-Categorical Special Education option, and an MBA. The MBA inaugural reception The MBA, offered through the Craig School of Business, has four concentration options: general business, enterprise resource planning, forensic [...]
It seems to be all in the family for one of the Craig School of Business鈥檚 graduate degrees. In the Masters in Information Management 鈥� Enterprise Resource Planning program, a pair of brothers recently graduated and a husband-and-wife team are currently enrolled. For Denice 鈥�14 and Tyson 鈥�14 Hector, enrolling [...]
