In today’s world of “everyone is a winner,” and everyone gets a trophy for participating, a St. Joseph high school girls’ basketball team showed the state what a true winner and a real champion looks like. And a Missouri Western alumnus coached them every step of the way. In March [...]
Shortly after Robert Warren ’96 became a pastor and founded Word of Faith Worship Center in St. Joseph, Missouri, his wife, Kimberly ’92, suggested that they open a learning center for children from their church and neighborhood. “I couldn’t even imagine that,” Robert said with a laugh. “That was a [...]
When Jerry Myers ’71 was a freshman at Central High School in St. Joseph, the vice principal took a group of students to a St. Joseph Junior College basketball game. Since then, Myers says, he has been a Griffon. “From then on, there was no question that I was only [...]
A 2013 participant in Missouri Western’s applied entrepreneurship program purchased the Golden Corral in St. Joseph, Missouri. Scott Lassen ’10, who was awarded a Fresca’s Mexican Grill in Woodburn, Oregon in the 2013 competition, sold that restaurant to another Missouri Western alumnus and moved to St. Joseph to operate the [...]
When Nick Saccaro ’01 was a student at Missouri Western, he completed an internship at Second Harvest Food Bank in St. Joseph, Missouri. That internship led him into a career in the food service field, and he never left. Today he is the president of Qwest Food Management Services in [...]
Danielle Douglas ’96 took a career aptitude test in high school and got “lawyer” or “judge.” She didn’t think those careers were achievable, so she decided to study to become a paralegal. But her professors at Missouri Western had other plans. They encouraged her to pursue not only a bachelor’s [...]
It is totally appropriate that Dr. Frances Flanagan ’35 is featured as “faithful, proud and true” in a magazine issue during Missouri Western’s centennial year. She was born the same year as the St. Joseph Junior College opened and has been an advocate for the Junior College and Missouri Western [...]
Next time you’re watching a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, look for Brice Garnett ’06, a Missouri Western alumnus who advanced into the PGA Tour ranks this season. “It’s the best job in the world. I get to play the best golf courses in the world,” Garnett says. “I [...]
Want the “best care on the air?” Then you want Leslie Blakley ’95, who has been producing and hosting a 15-minute radio show that keeps her listeners informed about everything related to health care. The show, which has an interview format, airs twice a week on KAIR Country 93.7 FM [...]
