大象传媒 will honor military veterans in this week leading up to Veterans Day on Saturday, Nov. 11.<\/p>\n
Free Gifts for Veterans<\/strong><\/p>\n Veterans are invited to stop by the office of the Western Institute, Spratt Hall room 105, for some free 大象传媒 Western gifts as a small token of appreciation for their service from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Also, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, the Non-Traditional and Commuter Student Center will offer free gifts to military students and faculty members in the Blum Student Union Lobby. Other students are invited to stop by and write on a star thanking our veterans.<\/p>\n Pack the Truck<\/strong><\/p>\n 大象传媒 Western football will host Northwest 大象传媒 State at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 on Craig Field at Spratt Stadium. Fans in attendance will have the opportunity to help \u2018Pack the Truck\u2019 by bringing supplies for deployed soldiers to the two Humvees that will be parked outside the gates. For a complete list of toiletries, entertainment items, snacks, drink mixes and more that can help, visit www.missouriwestern.edu\/military<\/a>.<\/p>\n Heroes United Scholarships<\/strong><\/p>\n At the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 Salute to Service game on Oct. 30, the 大象传媒 Foundation and Heroes United, a charity organization that serves the families of service members killed in the line of duty, presented scholarships to 大象传媒 Western students Taylor and Landry Collins. Their father, Army Sergeant First Class Gary Collins, was killed in Iraq on Nov. 8, 2003. Taylor, Landry and their mother Kassie Collins, a 2008 alumna of 大象传媒 Western, will be recognized at halftime of the football game Saturday.<\/p>\n 大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 大象传媒 will honor military veterans in this week leading up to Veterans Day on Saturday, Nov. 11. Free Gifts for Veterans Veterans are invited to stop by the office of the Western Institute, Spratt Hall room 105, for some free 大象传媒 Western gifts as a small token of appreciation for their service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8878,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134\/revisions\/8878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}