Hayden Glaubius '21 with Pam Klaus, director of the Center for Franchise Development June 4, 2021--Hayden Glaubius, a 2021 graduate of the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, was awarded an Auntie Anne’s pretzel franchise in the latest competition sponsored by Missouri Western’s Center for Franchise Development. “I want to [...]
May 21, 2021--Missouri Western State University Center for Entrepreneurship and the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce are partnering on a program to promote and encourage transition of successful businesses to new ownership. The goal of “Business SUCCESSion” is to reach business owners who want to transition out of their business now or in the near [...]
May 14, 2021--The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University is hosting a workshop in south St. Joseph for small business owners. The workshops are free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. The workshop, in partnership with the St. Joseph Southside Development Corporation, will [...]
Alykah Zahnd explains her biology research to Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western's president. May 11, 2021--Alyka Zahnd, a sophomore wildlife conservation and management major from Savannah, Missouri, has been awarded the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award for 2021. The ASPB-SURF program provides support for summer research [...]
May 5, 2021--Zora Mulligan, Missouri’s commissioner of higher education, will speak at Missouri Western State University’s two Spring Commencement ceremonies, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, May 8 in the St. Joseph Civic Arena, 100 N. 4th Street. The ceremonies have been moved indoors because of predicted inclement weather both Saturday and Sunday. Approximately [...]
April 29, 2021--Missouri Western State University biology major Esther Par of St. Joseph has won the prestigious 2021 Stan Hudson Research Grant Award from the Missouri Native Plant Society. Par will receive $1,500 toward her research supplies and will present her research at the upcoming Botanical Symposium in Rolla, Mo. Par is conducting her research with [...]
March 23, 2021--Missouri Western State University and North Central Missouri College have signed an articulation partnership to help students transfer smoothly from NCMC to Missouri Western. “We enjoy a strong partnership with North Central Missouri College, and this agreement makes that partnership even stronger,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president of Missouri Western. “Our collaboration creates [...]
March 11, 2021-Missouri Western State University will return to in-person instruction for the fall 2021 semester. “We are committed to providing an engaging and fulfilling in-person, on-campus experience for every student in the fall semester, always in a safe environment for our entire campus community,” said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western’s president. The majority of [...]
March 16, 2021-Missouri Western State University received the 2021-2022 designation of Voter Friendly Campus from Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project. This designation has been awarded to 234 colleges and universities across the United States including five in Missouri. Missouri Western’s designation is valid through December 2022. Missouri [...]
Feb. 8, 2021--Agencies from northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas that support the development of entrepreneurship in the region will gather at Missouri Western State University this week to discuss ways of working together. “Each community is unique, but we all of us who facilitate entrepreneurship have some common challenges and opportunities as well,” said Annette [...]
