entrepreneurship

Mar 03, 2016

Center for Entrepreneurship helps train regional business group

kheier2019-10-14T09:12:49-05:00

Annette Weeks, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in Missouri Western State University’s Craig School of Business, conducted a three-day training for members of the new North Central Missouri Business Facilitation (NCMBF) group in partnership with Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation. NCMBF is a non-profit that supports regional economic development utilizing an Area Resource Board along [...]

Center for Entrepreneurship helps train regional business groupkheier2019-10-14T09:12:49-05:00

Feb 02, 2016

Bradley family creates business loan program

kheier2019-10-14T09:20:53-05:00

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. [...]

Bradley family creates business loan programkheier2019-10-14T09:20:53-05:00

Feb 02, 2016

Business graduate buys local Golden Corral

kheier2019-06-04T16:21:46-05:00

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, [...]

Business graduate buys local Golden Corralkheier2019-06-04T16:21:46-05:00

Feb 02, 2016

Craig School of Business Maintains Prestigious AACSB Accreditation

kheier2019-10-14T09:21:20-05:00

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 [...]

Craig School of Business Maintains Prestigious AACSB Accreditationkheier2019-10-14T09:21:20-05:00

Oct 10, 2015

CFE Helps Alum Pursue Dream, Keep Local Business Open

kheier2019-10-14T09:21:34-05:00

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. [...]

CFE Helps Alum Pursue Dream, Keep Local Business Openkheier2019-10-14T09:21:34-05:00

Jun 06, 2015

Alumni Selected to Own and Operate Their Own Stores

kheier2019-06-04T16:21:06-05:00

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 [...]

Alumni Selected to Own and Operate Their Own Storeskheier2019-06-04T16:21:06-05:00

Aug 08, 2014

Weeks Named to Lead Center for Entrepreneurship

kheier2019-10-14T09:16:23-05:00

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 [...]

Weeks Named to Lead Center for Entrepreneurshipkheier2019-10-14T09:16:23-05:00

May 05, 2014

Craig School of Business Announces Four New Entrepreneurs

kheier2019-10-14T09:17:04-05:00

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 [...]

Craig School of Business Announces Four New Entrepreneurskheier2019-10-14T09:17:04-05:00

Jun 06, 2013

International Group Spotlights MWSU Entrepreneurship Program

kheier2019-06-04T16:18:58-05:00

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 [...]

International Group Spotlights MWSU Entrepreneurship Programkheier2019-06-04T16:18:58-05:00

May 05, 2013

Missouri Western receives $210,000 grant

kheier2019-10-14T09:17:28-05:00

A $210,000 grant from a Kansas City organization will help expand the entrepreneurship program in Missouri Western State University’s Craig School of Business. The grant from the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City – Kansas City will create a micro-lending fund for Missouri Western students who want to open franchises in Kansas City’s urban core. [...]

Missouri Western receives $210,000 grantkheier2019-10-14T09:17:28-05:00