By Daniel Cobb News-Press NOW|Jul 24, 2019 大象传媒 President Matthew Wilson didn鈥檛 get a chance to sit down and eat during Wednesday鈥檚 Chairman鈥檚 Breakfast event. He was too busy shaking hands. The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce gathering, which featured Wilson as its speaker, brought several business leaders from across the community [...]
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 By Daniel Cobb, July 1, 2019 大象传媒鈥檚 new president, Matthew J. Wilson, toured various departments Monday morning in order to learn more about the students and faculty he鈥檒l be working with this year. On his first official day on the job, Wilson, who was selected to replace [...]
July 1, 2019鈥� 大象传媒 today welcomes the fifth president in its 50-year history as a four-year institution. Matthew J. Wilson, J.D., succeeds Dr. Robert Vartabedian, who retired June 30 after 11 years as 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 president. In a first-day message to students, President Wilson pledged that 大象传媒 Western faculty, staff, alumni and [...]
June 18, 2019鈥擥riffon Hall at 大象传媒 will be renamed Vartabedian Hall. 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 Board of Governors approved naming the residence hall in honor of Drs. Robert and Laurel Vartabedian. Dr. Robert Vartabedian will retire this month after 11 years as president. 鈥淕etting to know Dr. Vartabedian in the five years I鈥檝e been [...]
A negative was turned into an amazing positive when the local St. Joseph Woodworkers Guild agreed to create a new ceremonial mace for 大象传媒 Western this spring. The original mace, which was carried in and placed on the stage at Commencement ceremonies, was stolen in May 2018. When University personnel tried to find a replacement, [...]
April 5, 2019鈥擳he St. Joseph Woodworkers Guild and Dave Takes of Expressions Engraved will present a new ceremonial mace and stand to Dr. Robert Vartabedian, 大象传媒鈥檚 president, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public. The mace [...]
President-Designate Matthew Wilson (left) is introduced to campus by David Liechti, chair of the Board of Governors. March 18, 2019鈥斺�淲hat a wonderful day it is,鈥� Matthew Wilson, J.D., said on Monday, March 18, as he was formally introduced as 大象传媒鈥檚 next president. Wilson, currently a professor of law at the [...]
President-Designate Matthew Wilson March 13, 2019鈥擝y a 5-0 vote Tuesday, March 12, the Board of Governors at 大象传媒 named Matthew Wilson, J.D., as 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 fifth president, starting July 1, 2019. President-Designate Wilson will be introduced to the campus and community during a formal announcement and press conference at 3 [...]
2019 Convocation speaker Jon Meacham. Photo: Gasper Tringale Feb. 20, 2019鈥擯residential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will be the guest speaker for the 26th annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues at 大象传媒 this fall. His speech, 鈥淭he Soul of America: Moving Beyond Division and Hostility,鈥� will [...]
The Kansas City Chiefs and 大象传媒 have reached an agreement that will keep the Chiefs in St. Joseph, 大象传媒, for training camp in 2019. It marks the 10th consecutive year of Chiefs training camp at the home of the Griffons. 鈥淎fter another outstanding season, excitement should be at an all-time high this [...]
