September 25, 2007
Ryan Heldenbrand
The new building under construction along Mitchell Avenue on West Campus is the Christopher S. “Kit†Bond Science and Technology Incubator, which will be used to give small businesses a place to start their new ideas. Chris Shove, Dean of the Western Institute, played a major role in getting the grant and funds to put ...
September 25, 2007
Margaret Slayton
Western has received a $1.1 million budget increase from the state of Missouri for the 2008 fiscal year. This 5.5 percent increase from last year’s state funding brings the total state funding to $21.2 million minus the three percent for the Governor’s Reserve. This increase will be reflected in the general pool of operating expenses ...
September 25, 2007
Nurechia Washington
Since the Virginia Tech massacre, Missouri Western’s staff has come up with ways to improve its Emergency Response Guide. Dean of Student Services, Judith Grimes said that there has always been an emergency response in place, but dealing with the changing times and technological advances, there was and will continue to be room for improvement. ...
September 18, 2007
Lisa Crawford
After investigations made by Academic and Student Affairs administrators, the Student Government Association was informed that the current constitution, voted into effect in April 2006, was invalid due to a lack of administrative approval. SGA’s new advisor and Interim Assistant Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, Cindy Heider, said she came across ...
September 18, 2007
Lori Barringer
In the past six months every professor in the social work department left Missouri Western State University. Many students in the social work department had concerns that the social work major was going to be eliminated.