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A retired lieutenant colonel and 28-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Joseph Garcia most recently served as executive vice president for administration at Empire State College in New York and previously as vice president of finance and business at The Citadel.

William Jewell College will celebrate both Cardinal Red and Royal Blue at the 76th annual Celebration of Achievement at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Downtown Marriott Muehlebach Tower. The featured speaker will be John Sherman, new chairman and CEO of the Kansas City Royals and CEO of MLP Holdings, LLC...

William Jewell College has announced the dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester. The honor recognizes students with a grade-point average of 3.7 or above enrolled in at least 14 hours. The following students earned a place on the list: Taylor Alarcon, Claremont, Calif. Lacey Albers, New Baden, Ill...

A William Jewell College professor is the co-inventor of a new technology designed to reduce the number of infections for newborns with an umbilical catheter. Dr. Joseph Shih, Jewell assistant professor of biology, was recognized as the co-inventor of a patent awarded to Stanford University in...

William Jewell College is making the transfer process easy for students from local community colleges. Students who earn an associate’s degree in certain programs from one of three metro Kansas City community colleges will have the opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree from Jewell in two...

William Jewell College’s graduates are among the happiest and most successful graduates who give back, according to Forbes magazine. Jewell ranked 177th among the 200 colleges and universities on Forbes’ 2019 Grateful Grads list. The list is based on a weighted formula using a three-year alumni...

Three William Jewell College students were among the 360 students from 90 schools around the world who have been named University Innovation Fellows by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school). Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida, sophomore civil engineering major, São...

Dr. Debbie Chasteen, professor and A. Major Hull Chair of Communication, will deliver the 28th annual Carl. F. Willard Lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Yates-Gill College Union 221. Her lecture is titled "How Organizations Effectively Manage Public Relations Crises Using Balance Theory." A...

William Jewell students will have a new op-purr-tunity starting in the 2020-2021 academic year. Jewell announces new pet-friendly residential facilities in Browning and Eaton halls starting Aug. 1, 2020. Students who complete a pet application and are assigned to pet-friendly rooms will be allowed...

William Jewell College has been named a recipient of the Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence, as announced by the NCAA national office Thursday. Jewell is one of only 32 institutions in the country to receive the honor which recognizes an Academic Success Rate of at least 90...