Stephanie Tripp '12 and Katie Parra '16 Missouri Western State University’s Craig School of Business has announced that two Missouri Western alumni will have the chance to own and operate their own business. Katie Parra and Stephanie Tripp have been awarded stores through the school’s franchise program. Parra and Tripp were among students [...]
The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University has partnered with American Family Insurance to offer Entrepreneurship Week, a week-long series of workshops and events for the St. Joseph community March 28-April 1. Entrepreneurship Week is targeted toward local business professionals, aspiring entrepreneurs, college students, high school students, [...]
Annette Weeks, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in Missouri Western State University’s Craig School of Business, conducted a three-day training for members of the new North Central Missouri Business Facilitation (NCMBF) group in partnership with Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation. NCMBF is a non-profit that supports regional economic development utilizing an Area Resource Board along [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western's president; Steve Craig, benefactor of the Craig School of Business; and David and Suzanne Bradley talk during the 2013 dedication of the Walter Cronkite Memorial. The Bradley family has pledged $300,000 to create a loan program that will help MWSU students and alumni start or acquire a business. [...]
A graduate of the applied entrepreneurship class in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University returned to St. Joseph for the next step in his business career. Scott Lassen has purchased the Golden Corral at 715 N. Belt Highway. The Grand Opening celebration introducing his new ownership will be at noon Wednesday, [...]
The Steven L. Craig School of Business (CSB) at Missouri Western State University has maintained its business accreditation by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. AACSB [...]
With the assistance of the Craig School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurship at Missouri Western State University, a recent Missouri Western alumnus became an entrepreneur and a longtime local business will remain open. A grand opening for Heartland Paint at 2327 N. Belt Hwy., previously Store of Colors, will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. [...]
An artist's rendering of the new videoboard that will be added to Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium for 2016. Steve Craig, founder and CEO of Craig Realty Group and benefactor of the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, has pledged to give Spratt Memorial Stadium a high-definition LED video [...]
Steve Craig introduces (from left) Ernest Chamblee, Ross Theesen and Mindy Schimming as the latest MWSU alumni to earn the chance to own their own business through an applied entrepreneurship class. Missouri Western State University’s Craig School of Business has announced that three Missouri Western alumni will have the chance to own and [...]
The Missouri Western State University chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, the professional business fraternity, will hold its third annual Cupcake 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, April 26 at the Remington Nature Center, 1502 MacArthur Drive in St. Joseph. To register or for more details, visit tinyurl.com/cupcakerun2015. Runners will enjoy a Delish cupcake at each mile marker [...]
