{"id":1952,"date":"2018-01-05T16:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T16:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:24:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:24:56","slug":"campus-kudos-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/2018\/01\/05\/campus-kudos-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Kudos"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Enrollment up: <\/strong>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. The number of new freshmen increased from 854 last year to 992 this year. Fall 2017 international enrollment was 119 students from 34 countries.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0Additional marketing and enrollment management efforts plus the addition of six new sports contributed to the enrollment growth. 大象传媒 Western added men\u2019s and women\u2019s cross country last fall, and men\u2019s and women\u2019s indoor and outdoor track and field this semester. Another area of growth was in dual credit enrollment, with about 18 percent more high school students taking class for credit at 大象传媒 Western compared to last year.<br \/>\nIn addition to attracting new students, 大象传媒 Western continues to meet its goals for retaining current students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kayla White \u201917 <\/strong>graduated with a physical therapist assistant degree and earned the rare feat of a perfect score on her national licensure exam from the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy \u2013 800\/800.<\/li>\n<li>The student chapter of <strong>The Wildlife Society<\/strong> was recognized as the International Student Chapter of the Year for 2017, the third time 大象传媒 Western has been chosen and the highest\n<div id=\"attachment_1953\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/TWS-Student-Chapter-award.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/TWS-Student-Chapter-award-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/TWS-Student-Chapter-award-200x122.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/TWS-Student-Chapter-award-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/TWS-Student-Chapter-award-400x244.png 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/TWS-Student-Chapter-award-600x366.png 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/TWS-Student-Chapter-award.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student chapter of The Wildlife Society with its latest award<\/p><\/div>\n<p>honor that can be given to a student chapter. It is the only chapter in 大象传媒 to ever be selected for the honor. Each year, the students volunteer thousands of hours with Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, the 大象传媒 Department of Conservation and the Share the Harvest program, which supplies venison to families in need.<br \/>\nThe chapter also partnered with Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph to restore a variety of native wildflowers to their field surrounding the hospital. <strong> Cary Chevalier<\/strong> is the group\u2019s advisor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brittany Losensky \u201917<\/strong>, was the winner of the 2107 Trails West!<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> poster competition. The Allied Arts Council of St. Joseph sponsored the regional contest and poster submissions were open to the public. Losensky was part of the Graphic Design IV class that submitted over 30 entries.<\/li>\n<li>Students in the fall Journalism Broadcast Lab debuted the first student-produced sports show at 大象传媒 Western in September 2017: Griffon Update Sports. <strong>Bailey Ketcham<\/strong>, a convergent journalism major, served as the producer\/host; <strong>Amaree Martin<\/strong>, a communication major, served as producer\/director; and <strong>Gannon Cornley<\/strong>, journalism major, hosted with Ketcham.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Griffon Update Sports ran bi-weekly throughout the semester, highlighting all 大象传媒 Western<br \/>\nsports and featuring games, players and coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Students also continued Griffon Update, which highlighted people, places and events on campus<br \/>\nand in the region. <strong>Dr. Robert G. Nulph<\/strong> is faculty advisor for Griffon Update and Griffon<br \/>\nUpdate Sports.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Chamber Singers<\/strong> were selected to perform this month at the 大象传媒 Music Educators\n<div id=\"attachment_1954\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/Chamber-singers.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/Chamber-singers-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-1954 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/Chamber-singers-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/Chamber-singers-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/Chamber-singers-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/Chamber-singers-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/Chamber-singers-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/Chamber-singers-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2018\/01\/Chamber-singers-1200x1799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2017-18 Chamber Singers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Conference and In-service at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, 大象传媒. This is the highest honor a choir can receive from the state. It is the Chamber Singers\u2019 first appearance in a decade.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Gary Clapp<\/strong>, associate professor of chemistry, is helping to coordinate a $2 million 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Learning Communities five-year grant to provide laboratory experiences for five rural school districts in 大象传媒.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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