Jan 26, 2022

More students coming to Missouri Western; MWSU challenges NWMSU to food drive

Posted Jan 26, 2022 5:42 PM

By MATT PIKE 

St. Joseph Post 

Missouri Western State University has seen a spike in the number of students admitting to Missouri Western for the fall semester.  

Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Melissa Mace says the university has seen a 47-percent increase in the number of students being admitted to Missouri Western.  

Mace says despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the university decided to get back out and meet with prospective students. 

"We're seeing our students, you know our prospective students, engaging with us, asking us great questions," Mace says. "We're meeting them out in the high schools, which is huge, have a great team of admission counselors who are meeting with prospective students face-to-face, texting with them." 

Mace says she is excited about the future for the university as more students are engaging and choosing Missouri Western as their college destination. 

Mace says Missouri Western has also put together a fun competition with its rival. 

Mace says Missouri Westerns Student Government Association (SGA) has challenged the Northwest Missouri State University SGA to a pound for pound food drive. 

"The two SGAs, or the two institutions, are doing this food drive where community members, the institution members, can bring in food and it's all weighed, or they can bring in a donation, a monetary donation," Mace tells Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. 

Mace says the amount of the money donated will amount to the number of pounds added to each school. Missouri Western is accepting both nonperishable and perishable food donations.  

Mace says the food drive will run until February 3rd, with the winner between the two schools being announced at the Missouri Western and Northwest basketball games on February 5th at the Looney Indoor Sports Complex.