Seth Lyons was the first Missouri Western alumnus to be awarded a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Store. He graduated in December 2008 and enrolled in the Applied Entrepreneurship class held the following spring. He and his wife, Kelsey ’08, opened a store in Silverthorne, Colo. in August 2009. In 2011, [...]
When Tim Schimming ’12, was considering whether or not to enroll in the Craig School of Business’ Applied Entrepreneurship class and compete for a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store, he knew just who to go to for advice – his big brother, Rob. Rob ’10, won an RMCF store in [...]
When the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta notified Heartland Health’s Dr. Scott Folk, who specializes in infectious diseases, that they wanted to conduct research on a new virus that he had discovered in northwest Missouri, Scott immediately suggested that the center work with a Missouri Western professor [...]
“Historic” and “record-breaking” are two words to describe the football team’s 2012 season, but “riveting,” “victorious” and “awesome” also quickly come to mind. It was an epic season that will be talked about for a long time. The Griffons opened the season ranked third in both the MIAA preseason Coaches [...]
Almost every morning every fall, I notice a truck parked at the edge of the timber on the north side of campus as I come in from Faraon St., and I finally found out who it was and why they are there so often. It was devoted bird banding volunteers, [...]
1960s LEECHIA JONES ’66, was honored with a Woman in the Workplace Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 YWCA Women of Excellence awards ceremony. 1970s RICHARD DURST ’71, retired July 1, 2012 and was named president emeritus of Baldwin-Wallace University. He continues to help B-W with international recruitment in India [...]
Approximately $220,000 in renovations was completed in August at the Baker Family Fitness Center. Some walls were taken down to expand the crowded cardio area and give the whole fitness center a more open appearance. Space that housed the football coaches’ offices until the Griffon Indoor Sports Complex opened in [...]
T. Boone Pickens has a plan to end the United States’ dependency on foreign oil, and he shared it with more than 3,000 people at Missouri Western last fall at the 19th Convocation on Critical Issues. He says the solution is natural gas. “The United States today is fully capable [...]
Approximately $220,000 in renovations was completed in August at the Baker Family Fitness Center. Some walls were taken down to expand the crowded cardio area and give the whole fitness center a more open appearance. Space that housed the football coaches’ offices until the Griffon Indoor Sports Complex opened in [...]
