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		<title>Professional Studies dean steps down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last spring, Steve Estes stepped down from his position as the Dean of Professional Studies to take a position in the Health and Physical Education department as a professor. 
It was only until the beginning of this semester that an solution to the vacant position was found. Normally only one interim Dean would be placed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Williams reinstated: Athletic Director was suspended after May arrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a two-month suspension, Athletic Director Dave Williams was reinstated this summer on July 1. The two-month suspension period was issued when Williams was arrested for driving under the influence on May 8. 
Robert Vartabedian, President of Missouri Western, investigated the situation thoroughly before reinstating Williams. 
“I was convinced that it was in the University’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roever tapped for commencement address</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Oliver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While students are enjoying their summer vacation Missouri Western will be saying goodbye to Carol Roever, interim dean for the Steven L. Craig School of Business; however, not until she serves as this spring’s commencement speaker.
According to Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president, the cabinet decided it would be a good idea to open the commencement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athletics budget cuts below university average</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the fate of the University lies in the coming budget cuts over the next few years, speculation has arisen on campus that the Athletic Department may not be doing their share of trying to save the University funds. 
The budget cuts made to the fiscal year 2010 for the athletics department total to $118,355. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New degree programs offered</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Gummelt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri Western may be expanding its Master of Applied Science in Assessment degree program.
Western may add an Engineering Technology Management option and a Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages option, in which students can earn English Language Learners (ELL) certification.
“It has not been passed yet,” said Kay Dickerson, part of the ESL/TESOL program. [...]]]></description>
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