Joseph Leroy Dwigans October 13, 1921 -- November 28, 2023 Although Joe was born in Iowa and traveled the world extensively, we in Mid-America Mensa are fortunate that he finally chose to settle in Kansas City. MAM was founded in 1964; Joe joined MAM in June 1964 and...
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Mensa Scholarship Program 2024-2025
Mid-America Mensa is proud to be participating again this year in the Mensa Education and Research Foundation Scholarship Essay Contest. Entry forms are now available at https://www.mensafoundation.org/scholarships. The application form is online, and applicants will...
Election Soon of MAM’s 2024-2025 Board Members
Mid-America Mensa (MAM) will be electing a new Board of Directors soon. MAM’s Nominating Committee has chosen the following Board member nominees for their slate of board officers: LocSec — Rob Swenson 1st Vice President — Jean Matzeder Plumb 2nd Vice President — Sara...
Annual Gathering 2024
What is Mensa? Mensa is a social club and educational organization for people who have scored in the top 2% on a recognized and accepted standardized (IQ) test. What does Mensa stand for? Yes, it is possible to think of Mensa as a social organization with something of...
Voting Soon on Proposed MAM Bylaws
Mid-America Mensa (MAM) is asking for a hand with the approval of its most recently proposed MAM Bylaws. Since 1979, Mid-America Mensa has been registered as a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Kansas. Our charter with American Mensa is also as...
Meet RVC 7 Beth Anne Demeter
Thursday, September 14th at 6:30 pm Minsky's at 51st & Main, Kansas City, MO Being a Regional Vice Chair in Mensa is a vast but gratifying position! It’s also confusing since I wear many hats, cross responsibility lines, and can easily take on more than I should....
AML Jewel: MAM Wins Sapphire Award!
Mid-America Mensa (MAM) received some well-deserved recognition during the recent 2023 American Mensa Annual Gathering in Baltimore. In Class II, MAM was awarded a SAPPHIRE for a variety of its activities and accomplishments. In addition, Local Group Jewels are...
Q&A with Eli Kormanik
Q1/ How and when did you join up with Mid-America Mensa? Eli/ I joined Mid-American Mensa soon after graduating high school. I had been given an IQ test as part of the school's gifted program and figured while I had access to the test results, I should get my name in...
Q&A with Kitty Solbrig
Q1/ When did you join Mensa? Kitty/ I joined Mensa in 2019 thinking that it would be a great way to meet some other people in Las Vegas who wanted to do things that were more interesting than the usual Vegas pastimes. Of course, there was a pandemic right after that,...
Mensa Foundation Scholarship Essay Contest 2023
Mid-America Mensa is proud to be participating again this year in the Mensa Education and Research Foundation Scholarship Essay Contest. Entry forms are now available at: www.mensafoundation.org/scholarships. The application form is online; applicants will submit...