Dr. Melissa Mace began as 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 Vice Presidentfor Enrollment Management in November. Dr. Mace previously served as Assistant Vice Presidentfor Enrollment at Maryville University in St. Louis. 鈥淚 am honored to be joining the Griffon community,鈥� Dr. Mace said. 鈥淭he value 大象传媒 Western places on affordable and accessible education [...]
Dr. Teddi Deka, honors director and professor of psychology; Dr. Jennifer Jackson, assistant professor of communication; and Dr. Jordan Atkinson, assistant professor of communication, presented 鈥淏uilding a Better Brand,鈥� designed to facilitate creation of branding kits for use in honors programs to increase consistency in appearance and message, at the [...]
Because of COVID-19, it was a spring semester like no other. This is the story of how it unfolded at 大象传媒 Western. Although a case was first reported in China in December 2019, it wasn鈥檛 until early January when the first cases were being confirmed in the United States and [...]
Ken Rosenauer 鈥�74 and Brent Rosenauer 鈥�17 purchased the Savannah Reporter newspaper in January 2020. Ken taught journalism at 大象传媒 Western for 34 years and retired in 2013. He was named professor emeritus of English. Clifford Hawk 鈥�77 was awarded faculty emeritus status at Highland Community College in Highland, Kansas. [...]
In late March, men鈥檚 basketball head coach for two seasons, Sundance Wicks, announced his resignation when he was offered a position as assistant coach at the University of Wyoming. Wicks said he was not looking to leave 大象传媒 Western, but took the opportunity to return to his home state. Days [...]
Darrell R. Morrison, who had been serving as associate vice chancellor for finance at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, was named vice president for financial planning and administration and began in June. Prior to his position at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Morrison served as the vice president for business [...]
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 [...]
In March 2018, 大象传媒 Western reached an agreement with T&G Real Estate Solutions, LLC to begin planning for the possible development of University-owned property. The agreement with T&G covers approximately 80 acres of land at the northeast corner of 50th Street and Mitchell Avenue, which is east of the main [...]
Yuriy Litvinski Yuriy Litvinski was named the new head coach of men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 cross country and track & field teams in July 2018. He had been the assistant at Idaho State University, an NCAA Division I school since 2016 and women鈥檚 assistant coach at Angelo State University [...]
