Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, 大象传媒 Western's president, presents the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching to Dr. Elizabeth Thorne Wallington in Jefferson City. March 6, 2024--Dr. Elizabeth Thorne Wallington, associate professor of education, is 大象传媒鈥檚 recipient of the 2024 Governor鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Teaching. 鈥淒r. Thorne Wallington is an incredibly [...]
Feb. 23, 2024--The Board of Governors at 大象传媒 unanimously approved a three-year contract extension for Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 president. The contract was finalized during the Board鈥檚 Feb. 22 meeting. It takes effect July 1, 2024, after Dr. Kennedy鈥檚 current contract expires, and continues through June 30, 2027. 鈥淭he Board of [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, 大象传媒 president, sent the following email to 大象传媒 Western students and employees on Feb. 11, 2024: Greetings, For the second year in a row and third time in five years, our summer guests, the Kansas City Chiefs, are Super Bowl champions! What a thrill to watch the hard work [...]
Feb. 6, 2024--John Vanderpool, director of housing and residence life at 大象传媒, is one of five education professionals in the nation to receive a 2024 Campus Safety and Violence Prevention Award from NASPA, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. This award comes as a result of Vanderpool鈥檚 fast reaction to a [...]
Feb. 5, 2024--The Potter Art Gallery at 大象传媒 will host Gaze - Paintings by Benjamin Parks, a solo exhibition of his large-scale portrait paintings intended to represent unmasked emotion and connection.聽 The opening reception will be at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8 inside the gallery. It is open to the public [...]
Guest clinician and artist Trent Austin Feb. 5, 2024--The 大象传媒 Western School of Fine Arts will host the 17th annual Jazz Festival, featuring Trent Austin on trumpet, on Thursday, Feb. 8 from 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. The festival is open to the public and admission is free. Nineteen school groups will perform [...]
Dr. Lenny Klaver, president, NCMC; Pete Gray, CEO, Gray Manufacturing; Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president, 大象传媒 Western; and Stet Schanze, president, Gray Manufacturing. Feb. 1, 2024--The central shop area in the Convergent Technology Alliance Center (CTAC) that is currently under construction on the campus of 大象传媒 will bear the name of [...]
Jan. 9, 2024--For the third year in a row, 大象传媒 has received a state grant to address the growing nursing shortage. The $386,780 grant from the 大象传媒 State Board of Nursing will be used to develop an accelerated program for registered nurses with an associate鈥檚 degree to get master鈥檚 degrees that will [...]
Dec. 18, 2023--The Bushman Planetarium at 大象传媒 will present a public showing of "Mystery of the Christmas Star" and "Stars of the Pharaohs" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 19. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall, room 147. 鈥淢ystery of the Christmas Star鈥� Journey back over 2000 years to Bethlehem as we [...]
Students in Dr. Holly Rubalcava's art history class hang prints in the University Gallery ahead of the Dec. 8 opening of 鈥淭he Art of Humanity.鈥� Dec. 6, 2023--大象传媒鈥檚 University Gallery will open a new exhibit on Friday, Dec. 8. A reception will be held on Friday from 4 to 6 [...]
