Jakob Grimm Awarded Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Franchise
“This has been my goal – what I have been working toward throughout my entire college career. This is an opportunity that is not presented anywhere else.” […]
Caleb Keling Awarded Auntie Anne’s Franchise
“This has been a goal of mine for quite some time now, junior year in high school to be specific. I want to thank my family…everyone involved with the Craig School of Business and Missouri Western. Not only for giving me the opportunity to own a business, but also giving [...]
A Dream Come True: ’21 graduate wins business competition
A Dream Come True: ’21 graduate wins business competition Hayden Glaubius ’21 first heard about Missouri Western’s Center for Franchise Development while a student at Central High School in St. Joseph. This spring, after competing in the franchise competition and graduating from the [...]
Alumna Awarded Auntie Anne’s Franchise
After the most recent competition by the Center for Franchise Development in the Craig School of Business and Technology, there ended up being one winner but two new business owners. Andrea Hall ’19 won the competition and was awarded an Auntie Anne’s pretzel franchise. In a first in the 10 [...]
Partnering with Pretzels
The Center for Franchise Development in the Craig School of Business and Technology has partnered with Auntie Anne’s, the pretzel franchise, that allowed Missouri Western students and alumni to compete in a class this spring to own and operate their own business. The Applied Business Ownership class, offered each spring [...]
News Briefs
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, [...]
President’s Perspective Fall 2017
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 [...]
Alumnus buys Golden Corral
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 [...]