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Prairie Home resident wins prestigious academic award from William Woods University
Rosemary Lenz, a senior at William Woods University (WWU) and a resident of Prairie Home, was honored with a prestigious academic award from the University as part of its year-end Co-Curricular Awards. At the end of each academic year, WWU recognizes a select group of graduating seniors who have achieved excellence in academic, co-curricular and […]
Jefferson City resident wins prestigious awards for service and leadership from William Woods University
Abigail Bennett, a senior at William Woods University (WWU) and native of Jefferson City, was recently honored with two prestigious awards for service and leadership from the University as part of its year-end Co-Curricular Awards. At the end of each academic year, WWU recognizes a select group of graduating seniors who have achieved excellence in […]
First-year Owl already acing advanced business entrepreneurship
Daelynn Stock, just completing her first year at William Woods, still has three years of college before she will graduate in 2025 with a degree in American Sign Language (ASL)/Interpreting. But the Hermann, Missouri native has already graduated, in a sense, to the equivalent of an advanced course in business entrepreneurship. Stock “took stock,” if […]
Liz Haben, associate professor of Equestrian Studies, awarded Distinguished Professor of Year at William Woods 
Recognized as a professor who prioritizes always being available for her students, Liz Haben has been chosen by those students at William Woods University (WWU) as this year’s distinguished professor at WWU. Haben, associate professor of Equestrian Studies, Western, received the 2022 Louis D. Beaumont Dad’s Association Distinguished Professor of the Year Award as part […]
University graduates 308 as commencement exercises return to normal
For the first time since 2019, commencement exercises at The Woods returned to the traditions the University has followed for decades on Saturday, April 30, as 308 WWU students received their diplomas and moved into the alumni ranks. Following two years of COVID-19 restrictions that significantly altered the University’s standard commencement activities, Graduation Day 2022 […]
Woods Briefs: Spring 2022
News and notes about William Woods students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Updated continuously throughout the semester. William Woods Students, Faculty, and Staff Walter Renaud, an English professor at William Woods for more than 30 years, died December 16, 2021 at his home in Charleston, Illinois. He was 90. Mr. Renaud began teaching at WWU in 1975 […]
2021-2022 Mainstage Season Series at William Woods to conclude with wartime drama “The Trojan Women”
The 2021-2022 Mainstage Season Series at William Woods University (WWU) will wrap up another season this week with the fourth and final production of the academic year, the wartime drama “The Trojan Women.” This week’s stage play, which is widely regarded as the greatest anti-war play ever written, will begin with the opening performance on […]
William Woods University announces return to traditional commencement ceremonies for 2022
Undergraduate, graduate ceremonies set for Saturday, April 30 For the first time in three years, William Woods University (WWU) will return to a traditional commencement ceremony this year when graduation is held on Saturday, April 30. After two years of disruptions due to COVID-19, WWU Commencement will once again feature two ceremonies in 2022 – […]
Five Questions with Dr. Ted Blashak – Chief Student Experience Officer
William Woods welcomed its first-ever Chief Student Experience Officer last month, as Dr. Ted Blashak joined the University with more than 25 years’ experience in higher education leadership roles. He recently sat down to answer Five Questions for The Woods Today, as told to John Fougere: 1.) Could you walk us through your background, personal […]
William Woods maintains its designation as an official Military Friendly university
The nation’s premier military marketing company is out with its national list of Military Friendly colleges and universities for 2022, with another salute to William Woods University (WWU). Viqtory Recruitment Marketing Solutions, a Pennsylvania-based, veteran-owned firm that specializes in connecting retired military veterans with employment opportunities, recently released its annual list of colleges, universities and […]