Missouri Western State University’s Craig School of Business announced that four new entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to own and operate their own businesses. Zachary Brelsford was awarded an Aspen Leaf Yogurt in Texas; Amanda Keeling was awarded a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Oak View Mall in Omaha, Neb.; Caleb Mackey was awarded a [...]
Dr. Michael R. Lane, currently professor of accounting at Emporia State University in Kansas, has been appointed dean of the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University. “Dr. Lane brings a wealth of administrative leadership experience to this position,” said Dr. Jeanne Daffron, provost and vice president for academic affairs. “He has a [...]
The Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University has benefited from a real-life example of a business concept taught in its classrooms: asset appreciation. The value of the largest individual gift in the history of Missouri Western State University has grown to 140 percent of the amount pledged. Steven L. Craig, founder and [...]
The partnership between the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, entrepreneur Steve Craig and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is the current Spotlight program on the website of the Innovation Resource Center of AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. To see the article, go to www.aacsb.edu. In the [...]
From left to rigth, Scott Lassen ’10, LaTricia Adkins ’11, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory founder Frank Crail, Rian Freidhof, and Leslie Patton ’08 after the announcement of the three newest store owners in Missouri Western’s applied entrepreneurship program. Three alumni of Missouri Western State University have been awarded the opportunity to own and [...]
Signing the articulation agreement are President Dr. Robert Vartabedian for Missouri Western and Dr. Jaime Dial, Assistant Director of Secondary Education for the St. Joseph School District and a 2000 graduate of Missouri Western. High school business students in the St. Joseph School District will be able to earn college credit at Missouri [...]
Erik Garcia ’11, Vanessa Garcia and Cassandra Schuster ’07 Three alumni of the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University have been awarded the opportunity to own and operate a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory or Aspen Leaf Yogurt store. The winners are Erica Ricker ’09, Erik Garcia ’11 and Cassandra Schuster [...]
Students from St. Joseph Central High School in St. Joseph and Parkview High School in Springfield, Mo., won the 2012 Missouri Entrepreneurship Challenge at Missouri Western State University on Tuesday, Nov. 13. During the competition finals, teams from different high schools worked together to create a business plan for a new company. The business plan [...]
Missouri Western State University has announced a change in the leadership of its Craig School of Business and College of Professional Studies. Dr. Philip Nitse, who served as dean of the CSB since 2010 and interim dean of the CPS since 2011, has expressed his desire to return to the classroom and will join the [...]
Truffles and Max celebrate the expanded partnership between Missouri Western and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. A program that has helped nine Missouri Western State University graduates become business owners over the last four years is about to get much bigger. Missouri Western and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc. today announced an expansion of [...]
