Missouri Western State University’s Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation will offer two opportunities for youth to learn recreational skills that can be used throughout life for fun, health and fitness. The Children’s Lifetime Sports Academy, for children ages 8-12, and the Adventure Sports Academy, for children who have completed grades 6 through 8, [...]
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 [...]
President Robert Vartabedian (center) congratulates Wade Wetlaufer (left) and Tom Richmond on their awards. The Missouri Western State University Engineering Technology Advancement Committee presented awards to a student and a community leader at their annual banquet Monday, April 4. Brenten Davis, a senior manufacturing engineering technology major from St. Joseph, Missouri, was presented [...]
Two law professors will present a lecture on “Child Organ Trafficking for Transplantation: Ethical and Legal Issues” at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, April 21 in the Enright Community Room, Spratt 216, on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The presentation is part of the Child Abuse: Education Prevention and Investigation Conference. It is free and [...]
The fourth annual conference on Child Abuse: Education, Prevention and Investigation will be held April 20 and 21 at Missouri Western State University. For a complete schedule and registration information, visit www.missouriwestern.edu/conferences/child-abuse-education-prevention-and-investigation/. The conference will include one presentation that is free and open to the public at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 in the Kemper [...]
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. Mark Laney Missouri Western State University will confer its highest honor, an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, on Dr. Mark Laney, CEO of Mosaic Life Care, during the Spring Commencement ceremony May 7. Missouri Western’s Board of Governors unanimously approved the honor during their regular meeting Feb. 25. “Since his arrival in [...]
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, [...]
