Seth Lyons ’08, is from St. Joseph and graduated with a finance degree. He and his wife, Kelsey (McFarland) ’08, an economics graduate, own a store in Silverthorne, Colo., the first store awarded in the program. 2010 Brady Ellis ’10, from Stockton, Mo., and his fiancé, TyAnn Williamson ’10, a [...]
Steve Craig, one of the partners in the entrepreneurship program with Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and Missouri Western’s Craig School of Business, said that something unexpected has come out of the four-year-old program that now has nine owners of RMCF stores in seven states. “One of the intangibles that we [...]
Seth Lyons was the first Missouri Western alumnus to be awarded a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Store. He graduated in December 2008 and enrolled in the Applied Entrepreneurship class held the following spring. He and his wife, Kelsey ’08, opened a store in Silverthorne, Colo. in August 2009. In 2011, [...]
When Tim Schimming ’12, was considering whether or not to enroll in the Craig School of Business’ Applied Entrepreneurship class and compete for a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store, he knew just who to go to for advice – his big brother, Rob. Rob ’10, won an RMCF store in [...]
When the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta notified Heartland Health’s Dr. Scott Folk, who specializes in infectious diseases, that they wanted to conduct research on a new virus that he had discovered in northwest Missouri, Scott immediately suggested that the center work with a Missouri Western professor [...]
“Historic” and “record-breaking” are two words to describe the football team’s 2012 season, but “riveting,” “victorious” and “awesome” also quickly come to mind. It was an epic season that will be talked about for a long time. The Griffons opened the season ranked third in both the MIAA preseason Coaches [...]
Almost every morning every fall, I notice a truck parked at the edge of the timber on the north side of campus as I come in from Faraon St., and I finally found out who it was and why they are there so often. It was devoted bird banding volunteers, [...]
“Historic” and “record-breaking” are two words to describe the football team’s 2012 season, but “riveting,” “victorious” and “awesome” also quickly come to mind. It was an epic season that will be talked about for a long time. The Griffons opened the season ranked third in both the MIAA preseason Coaches [...]
Yesterday: a team of their own When most people hear “Title IX,” they immediately think of its effect on women’s collegiate sports, because of the great impact it had in that arena. That law, enacted 40 years ago, brought women’s intercollegiate sports to many campuses, including Missouri Western. For the [...]
