CFE Honors Local Entrepreneurs The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School at Missouri Western State University honored two local entrepreneurs during the capstone luncheon of the fourth annual Entrepreneurship Week today. Additionally, business leader and former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth spoke at the luncheon. The Emerging Entrepreneur Award is given to an entrepreneur who [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western's president; Steve Craig, benefactor of the Craig School of Business; and David and Suzanne Bradley talk during the 2013 dedication of the Walter Cronkite Memorial. The Bradley family has pledged $300,000 to create a loan program that will help MWSU students and alumni start or acquire a business. [...]
A graduate of the applied entrepreneurship class in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University returned to St. Joseph for the next step in his business career. Scott Lassen has purchased the Golden Corral at 715 N. Belt Highway. The Grand Opening celebration introducing his new ownership will be at noon Wednesday, [...]
The Steven L. Craig School of Business (CSB) at Missouri Western State University has maintained its business accreditation by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. AACSB [...]
With the assistance of the Craig School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurship at Missouri Western State University, a recent Missouri Western alumnus became an entrepreneur and a longtime local business will remain open. A grand opening for Heartland Paint at 2327 N. Belt Hwy., previously Store of Colors, will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. [...]
Steve Craig introduces (from left) Ernest Chamblee, Ross Theesen and Mindy Schimming as the latest MWSU alumni to earn the chance to own their own business through an applied entrepreneurship class. Missouri Western State University’s Craig School of Business has announced that three Missouri Western alumni will have the chance to own and [...]
Multiple community partners in the St. Joseph area, including the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, have launched a new initiative: Cup of Joe is a simple way to engage entrepreneurs in communities around the world. Each week, the Cup of Joe program, inspired by 1 Million Cups in Kansas City, offers [...]
The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University will celebrate its opening with a St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 at Popplewell Hall, room 203. The Center for Entrepreneurship trains, mentors and supports area business owners and entrepreneurs at no cost. [...]
Annette Weeks, a northwest Missouri native with years of practical experience as a business owner and facilitator of entrepreneurs, has been named director of the Center for Entrepreneurship within the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University. “Small businesses are extremely important for our region, and the Craig School of Business has created [...]
Twelve faculty members at Missouri Western State University have been honored with Faculty Performance Review awards. These awards recognize faculty members for achieving excellence through the same review procedure involving peers and supervisors as the institutional promotion and tenure process. Successful applicants must demonstrate promotion-worthy performance in each of the three evaluation areas of teaching, [...]
