Dr. Teddi Deka, honors director and professor of psychology; Dr. Jennifer Jackson, assistant professor of communication; and Dr. Jordan Atkinson, assistant professor of communication, presented “Building a Better Brand,” designed to facilitate creation of branding kits for use in honors programs to increase consistency in appearance and message, at the [...]
Dr. Heather Kendall was recognized recently as a recipient of the Missouri Governor’s Excellence in Teaching Award for 2019. Dr. Vince Bowhay, director of the Career Development Center, received the 2019 National Association for Campus Activities Gold Scholar Award. He received the award for his research proposal focused on [...]
The Master of Science in Nursing program recently received a 10-year reaccreditation from Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Music student Matthew Bobela received the Mayors Distinguished Citizen Award at the annual Mayors Thanksgiving Dinner at the St. Joseph Civic Arena last fall. He received the award in recognition of his [...]
A new resource for entrepreneurs or those who are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur debuted this past summer. Annette Weeks ’87, director of Missouri Western’s Center for Entrepreneurship, said the Northwest Missouri Roundtable of Economic Developers created a website, Sourcelink Northwest Missouri (nwmosourcelink.com) that offers a host of resources and [...]
ET joins the Craig School of Business Effective this fall, the Department of Engineering Technology will join the Steven L. Craig School of Business to form the Steven L. Craig School of Business and Technology. Dr. Jeanne Daffron, who had been serving as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, [...]
For the third year in a row, students in Dr. William Russell’s Research Methods course won the McSwegin Research Award at the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention in Lake Ozark, Missouri. Student winners in 2017 were Miranda Migletz, Paige Mathews and Camile Banez. Honors student [...]
St. Joseph’s entrepreneurial resources continue to grow. In June, the St. Joseph Innovation Stockyard, along with the Missouri Western’s Center for Entrepreneurship, St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce and Buchanan County, announced plans to team up with Digital Sandbox KC and the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) to provide entrepreneurs in northwest [...]
Who said, “I can’t help but think about designing things and coming up with ways to make things better”? 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 [...]
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 ’12 and Stacy Spicer. It was started by [...]
