Distinguished Alum Teresa Fankhauser 鈥�79 Teresa Fankhauser graduated from 大象传媒 Western with a Bachelor of Science in Education 鈥� Speech/Theatre. Fankhauser joined the St. Joseph Allied Arts Council in 2005 and currently serves as the executive director. She works with local arts agencies, 大象传媒 Western, the [...]
So how did seniors Merle Phillips and Rebecca Prest spend their summer vacations? Both were selected to participate in the Research Experience for Undergraduates program, where they conducted research for 10 weeks at two top-notch research institutions. Phillips, a chemistry major, worked in a research lab at Harvard University in [...]
Students have an opportunity to earn a master鈥檚 degree in cybersecurity in five years, thanks to an accelerated program in the Department of Computer Science, Math and Physics. Those working on a bachelor鈥檚 degree in computer science or applied computer technology may take up to 12 graduate credit hours in [...]
Dr. Joel Hyer, academic dean at Chadron State College in Nebraska, was hired as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and began his duties July 1. Dr. Hyer had been at Chadron State since 2001, starting as an assistant professor of history. He served as director of [...]
R. J. Claassen II 鈥�87 B.S. in Chemistry Baytown, Texas 1st Student Regent 1985-86 (the term changed to two years in 1986) What is your current job title and what are your duties? I am the Global Operations and Baytown Technology and Engineering Center Site Manager for ExxonMobil Chemical, and [...]
The 大象传媒 Interscholastic Press Association honored Bob Bergland, professor of journalism and advisor for Griffon News, with its 2018 Taft Award for outstanding service to scholastic journalism. The award honors Dr. Bergland鈥檚 advocacy for 大象传媒鈥檚 Cronkite New Voices Act, which aims to protect the First Amendment rights of student journalists [...]
A look back at the past 10 years reveals a lot to be proud of at 大象传媒 Western, and we wanted to share that with our readers. New construction and renovations since Dr. Vartabedian has been president include a new math and sciences building, a new residence hall, a completely [...]
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 [...]
Enrollment up: A total of 5,562 students enrolled as of the official census date Sept. 25, 2017, including a 16.2 percent growth in the number of new freshmen. The total includes 5,321 undergraduate students and 241 graduate students and represents an overall increase of 3.2 percent over 2016-17 official enrollment. [...]
