“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.”

Jakob Grimm

Jakob Grimm ’23

Jakob Grimm, a 2023 graduate of the Craig School of Business at ý, was awarded a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory franchise in the latest competition sponsored by ý Western’s Center for Franchise Development. Grimm, from St. Joseph, was one of eight students in a senior-level Applied Business Ownership class this spring. Students in the class prepared business plans, and two finalists presented their plans to a panel of judges that included Steven L. Craig, creator of the franchise competition, Robert Sarlls, CEO of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, other business leaders and ý Western graduates who won franchises in previous years. “It was a very spirited competition,” Craig said. “I would like to thank everyone who has supported this program for the past 14 years.”