Matthew Hunt
Western’s campus has seen an increase among minorities over the past five years. In the spring of 2009, Western stood at 17.7 percent minority rate among students on campus. That number has since increased 2.1 percent which has Western’s minority students at 19.8 percent in spring 2013. The Asian student number at Western in 2012 ...
Joyce Stevenson
Sexually transmitted diseases continue to increase on campuses state-wide. Approximately 7,400 of cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea have been reported in the Kansas City Region which includes Missouri Western State University. In 2011 Missouri reported 35,689 cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea. Nineteen million new sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States in 2011. The Centers for Disease ...
Daniel Cobb
SGA continues search for a way to increase voting amongst students. There are currently around 6,000 students attending Missouri Western State University, and last year, only 781 students voted in the SGA elections. SGA hopes to get every student at Missouri Western to vote in this year’s upcoming election. The goal they plan to set ...
Albert Shelby
Mark Stier and Dr. Judy Grimes are two current western employees that have made it known that they are running for VP of Student affairs. Shana Meyer a employee Fort Hayes State University stated her case Feb. 14 when she held a speech for students and staff in Spratt. Meyer comes in with a strong ...
Joyce Stevenson
A committee of eight individuals who represent the Craig School of Business (CSB), overall campus and regional business community were assigned the task of beginning the review process of application packets on January 28. This process will culminate in a recommendation of hire for the dean position that was recently vacated. Ann Pearce, special assistant to ...