Western’s Institute Dean and Executive Director, Dr. Gordon Mapley, has given Western time to prepare for its next transition in leadership as he plans to fully retire as Dean and Executive Director at the end of this calendar year, Dec. 31.   Dean Mapley has been a student, a faculty member and an administrator for over 23 years before coming...

Free food and events were hosted on Oct. 22-26 for off-campus students through MWSU’s second annual commuter appreciation week. The Nontraditional and Commuter Student Center threw this year’s commuter appreciation week to remember the students who have to make an extra effort to attend classes and be involved in campus life. To do this, they had different events Monday through...

For the eighth straight year at Missouri Western, the cinema department has hosted the 48-hour film festival with multiple teams made up of students. This year, the festival began on Friday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. and ended on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. Angel Edwards, sophomore theater major, speaks about what the festival consisted of.   “48-hour Film...

The Craig school of business is partnering with one of America’s most well known pastry cooperation’s to give students the opportunity to create and operate business plan The Center for Franchise Development in the Steven L. Craig School of Business and Technology at Missouri Western  has partnered with Auntie Anne’s pretzel to bring a student the achievement of a lifetime, the...

This week the Missouri Western softball team helped support one of St. Joseph’s most famous landmarks in preparation for their annual Pumpkinfest fundraiser. The Pony Express Museum is hosting their 22nd annual Pumpkinfest on Oct. 12-14 to raise money to cover their functioning costs. When they requested Missouri Western students to assist them in preparing, the softball team stepped up...