It seems to be all in the family for one of the Craig School of Business’s graduate degrees. In the Masters in Information Management – Enterprise Resource Planning program, a pair of brothers recently graduated and a husband-and-wife team are currently enrolled. For Denice ’14 and Tyson ’14 Hector, enrolling [...]
“It was an honor and a privilege to represent Missouri Western.” That, Paul Granberry said, was his reaction to being selected to attend the National Prayer Breakfast and Student Weekend in Washington, DC in February 2017. Granberry, an accounting major from St. Louis, was only one of about 100 students [...]
A mainstay on the square in Savannah, Missouri, will stay open thanks in part to a loan program administered by the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business. The Sports Page, 411 W. Main Street, was recently purchased by Leigh ’12 and Stacy Spicer. It was started by [...]
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education recently authorized the Craig School of Business to begin offering a Master of Business Administration degree in 2017. “This is a very important development in the evolution of our university,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “It will provide a wonderful continuing [...]
This past spring, the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business partnered with American Family Insurance to offer Entrepreneurship Week, a week-long series of workshops and events for the St. Joseph community. Entrepreneurship Week was targeted toward local business professionals, aspiring entrepreneurs, college students, high school students, and [...]
Career Development Center Kay-lynne Taylor became the director of the Career Development Center in the fall of 2013. After she met with several students, she said her first priority became very clear. “Every student I spoke with didn’t know this office existed, so the first step was making sure we [...]
A St. Joseph family has established a fund to help students and alumni acquire financing to start or purchase a business. The Bradley family, owners of the News-Press & Gazette Company, pledged $300,000 to the MWSU Foundation to create the Bradley Entrepreneurship Loan Program. “The Bradley family has long supported [...]
A 2013 participant in Missouri Western’s applied entrepreneurship program purchased the Golden Corral in St. Joseph, Missouri. Scott Lassen ’10, who was awarded a Fresca’s Mexican Grill in Woodburn, Oregon in the 2013 competition, sold that restaurant to another Missouri Western alumnus and moved to St. Joseph to operate the [...]
David Liechti, a member of the Board of Governors; and Pat Dillon, a member of the MWSU Foundation Board of Directors; were selected for Ingram’s Magazine’s “50 Missourians You Should Know.” The Kansas City magazine’s list highlights leaders in business, education, nonprofits, arts and other areas. Mike Ducey, professor of [...]
