Who said, 鈥淚 can鈥檛 help but think about designing things and coming up with ways to make things better鈥�? Thomas Edison? Nikola Tesla? No, Missouri Western student Justin Turner, who will graduate this fall with a biology degree, minors in business and entrepreneurship, and his own business that he started [...]
Dear Friends, As I write this letter, our campus is abuzz with activity because incoming freshmen are here for the summer Griffon Orientation programs. As these students are signing up for classes, I know that they have the expectation that they will graduate and be prepared for a career. We [...]
It seems to be all in the family for one of the Craig School of Business鈥檚 graduate degrees. In the Masters in Information Management 鈥� Enterprise Resource Planning program, a pair of brothers recently graduated and a husband-and-wife team are currently enrolled. For Denice 鈥�14 and Tyson 鈥�14 Hector, enrolling [...]
鈥淚t was an honor and a privilege to represent Missouri Western.鈥� 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 鈥�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. 鈥淭his is a very important development in the evolution of our university,鈥� said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western鈥檚 president. 鈥淚t will provide a wonderful continuing [...]
听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. 鈥淓very student I spoke with didn鈥檛 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. 鈥淭he Bradley family has long supported [...]
