May 16, 2023--A former 大象传媒 fundraising administrator is returning to the University as senior philanthropy advisor in the Division of Advancement. Jerry Pickman, currently vice president of philanthropy operations at Mosaic Life Care Foundation, will begin his new role at 大象传媒 Western July 1. 鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to welcome Jerry back to 大象传媒 [...]
May 9, 2023--The 大象传媒 Board of Governors approved a balanced operating budget for Fiscal Year 2024 at their regular April meeting. The $76 million budget includes a 1% pay raise for employees. 鈥淭he Board of Governors remains committed to the four-year compensation plan they approved last year to bring wages in line [...]
May 9, 2023--Riley Boyd has been named director of esports at 大象传媒, effective May 16. Boyd has provided interim leadership of the program since February. Boyd came to 大象传媒 Western last fall as a graduate assistant in athletics while pursuing his Master of Business Administration degree. Previously, he served as lead commentator [...]
Justice Galloway (left) and Ashlyn George during their poster presentation. May 9, 2023--Two 大象传媒 psychology students presented their research at the Psi Chi division of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago last month. Ashlyn George, senior from St. Joseph, and Justice Galloway, junior from Atchison, Kansas, presented a poster titled [...]
Yoga was a part of the Griffon 360 Family Walk during Family Day 2022. May 9, 2023--大象传媒 was recognized by the 大象传媒 Partners in Prevention consortium with three awards at the Meeting of the Minds Conference on April 13-15 in Kansas City.聽 Partners in Prevention is 大象传媒's higher education substance [...]
May 8, 2023--Dr. Csengele Barta, associate professor of biology at 大象传媒, was awarded a Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Award of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) for the fifth consecutive year.聽 The award recognizes excellence in research contributions to plant science, plant science scholarship and undergraduate student research mentorship of faculty [...]
Sophie Wellinghoff presents at CALHE 2023. May 5, 2023--大象传媒 education students this semester presented at a national conference, judged a science fair and promoted STEM. CALHE At the national Conference of Applied Learning in Higher Education (CAHLE) at 大象传媒 Western in March, five current and past students from Dr. Ollie [...]
May 4, 2023--Dr. Daniel Bumblauskas has been named executive director for workforce and economic development/associate dean of the College of Business and Professional Studies (CBPS) at 大象传媒.聽 Dr. Bumblauskas will lead the establishment of the Convergent Technology Alliance Center (CTAC), provide administrative support to the CBPS dean as related to the Department [...]
May 2, 2023--More than 400 graduates will be honored during 大象传媒鈥檚 Spring Commencement Ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 6 in the St. Joseph Civic Arena, 100 N. 4th Street in Downtown St. Joseph. The public is invited. Doors open at noon. 大象传媒 Western will confer 390 undergraduate and 37 graduate degrees [...]
May 1, 2023鈥揋riffon Media at 大象传媒 celebrated a successful 2022-2023 school year during their awards banquet on April 20. Seven students were honored for earning state and national recognition for their work with Griffon News, The Griffon yearbook and KGSM-TV, and 12 additional awards were presented to students and an alumnus.聽 Griffon [...]
