The 大象传媒 Alumni Association has announced the names of its alumni awards honorees. A virtual Alumni Association Awards Banquet will be premiered on YouTube in October. Award winners are: Pat Modlin 鈥�88, retired executive and current business owner: Distinguished Alumni Award. After retiring from Cerner Corporation as [...]
Carr interns at National Portrait Gallery Student Alexis Carr always loved art and knew that鈥檚 what she wanted to major in, but she says she 鈥渇ound her calling鈥� when she took her first art history class. And last summer, she found her dream internship when she was selected to work [...]
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 鈥�19 won the competition and was awarded an Auntie Anne鈥檚 pretzel franchise. In a first in the 10 [...]
The Center for Franchise Development in the Craig School of Business and Technology has partnered with Auntie Anne鈥檚, the pretzel franchise, that allowed 大象传媒 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 [...]
It all started when Austin Wilcox of Kansas City, 大象传媒 was doing his laundry one day. He threw a Isaac Collins '11, Austin Wilcox and Wondabeka Ashenafi speak in St. Joseph at a Cup of Joe gathering. Tide POD庐 in his washing machine and went upstairs to make [...]
As a child, Bob Wollenman often played in an old barn south of Mitchell Avenue, never dreaming that someday St. Joseph would get a four-year college with a large campus that included that barn. But that鈥檚 just what happened. Bob and his wife, Connie, both started college at the St. [...]
Five individuals became the newest members of the 大象传媒 Western Athletics Hall of Fame during Hall of Fame Weekend festivities in October, presented by Rogers Pharmacy. Phillip Nelson, Dana Wertz, Dave Slifer, Steve Craig and Jenny Marr. Steve Craig Meritorious Service Mr. Craig's contributions to both the University [...]
When Pat Modlin 鈥�88 retired in 2017 and he and his wife, Terri, renovated a building in downtown St. Joseph, he began to get involved in downtown initiatives. The more he learned about the area, the more he wanted to know. Maddie Dillon, Marnie Castle, Kristen Hagen and Jacob [...]
Dr. Mark Lewis knew his area of research for the past 15 years was uncommon, but the professor of business realized just how rare when he was asked to assist the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico this past summer. For about two years, Dr. Lewis has been working [...]
