The Griffon News

Walking through Potter Hall has become a dangerous sport. There are lockers as obstacles and practicing musicians as hurdles in the stairwells.
While construction of the new incubator is underway and a spring groundbreaking is scheduled for the math and science building, fine arts students and faculty want some upgrades, too.
Potter is on the priority list [...]

As construction continues on the science and technology incubator, Western approved plans to develop a separate, non-for-profit entity entitled the Missouri Western State University Research Park Corporation.
The Research Park will lease the incubator from Western and manage it on behalf of the university by subleasing it to entrepreneurial tenants.
A master lease will outline the incubator’s [...]

A new hall will widen the choices for food on campus
Change is coming to Missouri Western’s campus with the addition of Remington Hall. One change that has been up in the air for sometime is the Einstein Bagel, which is to be put in the new atrium, and the existence of the hot dog cart [...]

The long road has came to an end for the athletic director search committee.  President Scanlon announced David Williams as Western’s new AD on March 7.  Scanlon offered  Western’s sixth AD position in history to Williams on Thursday morning and he accepted the position later that day. 
Williams will start May 1 at the latest and [...]

Western will receive an additional $1.16 million in state appropriations if the recommendation by the House Budget Committee remains intact.
The recommendation must be approved by the House, the Senate and the Governor to guarantee the 5.2 percent budget increase for fiscal year 2009. 
If signed, the increase will be the second of three appropriations increases; the [...]

The two-day sequence of events formerly known as Destination Western has gone through some changes which will be put into operation in the summer of 2008.
This program originally consisted of a series of registration activities extended over a period of two days.
Now known as “New Student Registration,” this program will give students the same opportunity [...]

Applying for a job at Missouri Western has now been made easier to do with an application instead of having to write a resume.
The Career Development and Student Employment Center saw the need for change in the way students apply for jobs, and filling out an application sounded like the best change they could make.
Kait [...]