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Award-winning author and photographer Richard Orton brings his exhibit, “The Upshaws of County Line: An American family,” to William Woods
It was 1988 and Richard Orton was looking for a new project. The Austin, Texas-based photographer was visiting his parents in Nacgodoches, Texas, in the northeast part of the state, when he learned of a community in an unincorporated part of the county that was settled over a century before by newly-emancipated African-Americans. The community […]
Former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, current Cardinals’ broadcaster Rick Horton pays a visit to William Woods
Like a few other prominent individuals who have appeared at William Woods over the years, what ultimately brought former major league baseball pitcher and current St. Louis Cardinal radio broadcaster Rick Horton to speak on campus was…horses. Horton’s wife Ann rides horses and is a big supporter of William Woods, which brought her in contact […]
William Woods set to once again host the Callaway County Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
The annual Callaway County Chamber of Commerce Teacher Appreciation Breakfast will take place this week, and once again it will be hosted on the campus of William Woods University (WWU). All K-12 teachers in Callaway County, approximately 650 educators, are invited to the sixth annual gathering, which will be this Wednesday, August 16 from 8:30 […]
Former Bass Pro Shops President and Chief Operating Officer Jim Hagale talks business choices and his love for Arabian horses in visit to WWU
If there is one thing that Jim Hagale knows how to do, it is to succeed in the business world. Wildly. The former President and Chief Operating Officer for Bass Prop Shops, Hagale’s marketing and strategic business vision took him from creating his own apparel manufacturing and marketing firm as a young man to the […]