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 [...]
Missouri Western State University has established a new School of Nursing and Health Professions. The change was approved by Missouri Western’s Board of Governors in a telephone poll Feb. 9. “Our health-related programs are extremely well respected and warrant a ‘school’ designation,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president. “The change recognizes the important role [...]
Missouri Western State University will host students from 14 elementary schools participating in Jump Rope for Heart from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 in the M.O. Looney arena. Students will jump rope to raise funds for the American Heart Association, which funds cardiovascular disease research and public and professional education programs. They will [...]
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. [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold its nineteenth annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall rooms 214-216. The event, in recognition of the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week, is free and open to the public. Missouri Western students and faculty as [...]
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 [...]
Building on the success of its Children’s Lifetime Sports Academy, the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Missouri Western State University is offering its first Adventure Sports Academy June 8-12 for children who have graduated grades six through eight. Enrollment is limited to 25, and the cost is $145 for the first child [...]
