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July 26, 2021
Mosaic Chief Operations Officer Michael Pulido (left) and Kansas City Chiefs President Mark Donovan (right) hold a ceremonial Mosaic Chiefs jersey in celebration of Chiefs’ training camp coming back to St. Joseph in 2021. Mosaic Life Care is the primary sponsor of this year’s camp. Photo by Tommy Rezac.
By TOMMY REZAC
St. Joseph Post
With quarterback Patrick Mahomes and a smattering of other Chiefs players already on Missouri Western’s campus, and ‘Welcome Chiefs’ signs in yards all over town, the energy surrounding training camp in 2021 is palpable.
After being confined to Kansas City in 2020 due to COVID-19, Missouri Western leadership and the Chiefs organization made every effort to extend their agreement and bring camp back to St. Joseph in 2021.
MWSU President Elizabeth Kennedy. Photo by Brent Martin. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostMissouri Western State University President Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy experienced her first commencement as president last week. She credits the school's COVID response team for making the in-person event possible."We had a reduction in COVID cases in our students," Kennedy said during KFEQ's The Hotline. "Our numbers were always low, but they fell by 85 percent from the fall semester to the spring semester.which allowed us to have a wonderful commencement."Missouri Western held commencement inside Civic Arena. It was moved from Spratt Stadium to the arena due to the possibility of rain. The University held two separate ceremonies to allow for social distancing, and to allow for all students and guests to take part."It's my favorite day of the semester," Kennedy continued. "It represents the culmination of our work, the faculty's work and everyone at
By TOMMY REZAC
St. Joseph Post
Despite having to move indoors due to inclement weather, Missouri Western State University officials are excited to be holding in-person graduation ceremonies this year after having to go virtual last year.
About 550 graduates from the fall of 2020, along with the spring and summer 2021 semesters, are expected to participate in the two ceremonies at Civic Arena Saturday.
Doug Davenport, provost and vice president of student and academic affairs, says the graduates are being split into two ceremonies due to COVID-19 safety precautions. One ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. and another at 3 p.m.