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Northwest Missouri State University

university art department · Closed

last checked 2026-05-29

As archived

Degrees
B.A, B.F.A, B.S

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Closed

What happened
The archived record listed Lee Hageman ("1967 to present") as the metals/jewelry instructor. Hageman is documented as a former Northwest art faculty member in metals — in 1977 he, Robert Sunkel, and Philip Van Voorst created the University's Presidential Chain-of-Office (engraved walnut-mounted medallion). The metals/jewelry teaching program appears to have ended after his tenure (he is no longer faculty and is treated historically/as a retiree). The current Art Studio B.F.A. has no metals/jewelry emphasis among its six listed concentrations (Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture), and the current Fine & Performing Arts faculty directory lists no metals/jewelry instructor. Since ~2014 the broader art offering continues but without metals; in 2025-26 the university restructured into "Schools," placing art under the School of Fine and Performing Arts chaired by Dr. Adam Zrust. Net: the metals/jewelry program is discontinued; the general art program continues without it.

Link
www.nwmissouri.edu/academics/undergraduate/majors/art-studio.htm

People

Faculty

Lee Hageman · 1967 to present

Sources

https://www.nwmissouri.edu/academics/undergraduate/majors/art-studio.htm https://www.nwmissouri.edu/finearts/art/index.htm https://www.nwmissouri.edu/finearts/directory/index.htm https://www.maryvilleforum.com/news/northwest-names-five-new-department-chairs-for-2025-2026/article_e0de6ddf-6251-4cc0-b97a-8defb071d874.html https://www.nwmissouri.edu/media/news/2023/05/05Regentsrecap.htm

From the original Tyler “Academic Metals Directory” (≈2014), brought current in 2026.

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