Campus Kudos Biology major Esther Par has won the prestigious Stan Hudson Research Grant Award from the 大象传媒 Native Plant Society for her research on the evolutionary diversification of the temperate North American false foxgloves plants with endangered prairie native species which she is conducting with [...]
With the constraints of social distancing, students in theotherwise close chorale ensemble group were able to stretch and flex their creativity as they learned to sing together鈥� separately鈥� from their own space. The virtual choir experience enabled more than 50 students to create music in a unique way. With changes [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
When Sarah (Cool) McCauley 鈥�08 was getting ready to play the piano at her church鈥檚 service on New Year鈥檚 Day in 2017, she never dreamed that by the time the service was over, her life would be changed forever and just one year later, she would be married and living [...]
For the third year in a row, students in Dr. William Russell鈥檚 Research Methods course won the McSwegin Research Award at the 大象传媒 Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention in Lake Ozark, 大象传媒. Student winners in 2017 were Miranda Migletz, Paige Mathews and Camile Banez. Honors student [...]
Bill Wright, an ardent supporter of 大象传媒 Western arts programs, passed away March 21, 2018. He was 79. Wright, a St. Joseph native, left his hometown when he went to college and moved several times with his career. When he retired and returned to St. Joseph about 50 years later, [...]
1970s Gary Patterson 鈥�76, founder of the Patterson Legal Group, opened a branch of his Wichita, Kansas law office in St. Joseph, 大象传媒. 1980s Charles Bruffy 鈥�81, Grammy-award winning conductor, received the Signature Sinfonian award from thePhi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America. The Signature Sinfonian award is conferred upon [...]
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. [...]
