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The stores and their owners

2019-06-12T10:22:17-05:00January 7th, 2013|Features|

Seth Lyons 鈥08, is from St. Joseph and graduated with a finance degree. He and his wife, Kelsey (McFarland) 鈥08, an economics graduate, own a store in Silverthorne, Colo., the first store awarded in the program. 2010 Brady Ellis 鈥10, from Stockton, Mo., and his fianc茅, TyAnn Williamson 鈥10, a [...]

Store owners bond through chocolate

2019-06-12T10:22:18-05:00January 7th, 2013|Features|

Steve Craig, one of the partners in the entrepreneurship program with Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and 大象传媒 Western鈥檚 Craig School of Business, said that something unexpected has come out of the four-year-old program that now has nine owners of RMCF stores in seven states. 鈥淥ne of the intangibles that we [...]

Seth Lyons 鈥08, expands on his success

2019-06-12T10:22:18-05:00January 7th, 2013|Features|

Seth Lyons was the first 大象传媒 Western alumnus to be awarded a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Store. He graduated in December 2008 and enrolled in the Applied Entrepreneurship class held the following spring. He and his wife, Kelsey 鈥08, opened a store in Silverthorne, Colo. in August 2009. In 2011, [...]

Two brothers, two stores. All chocolate.

2019-06-12T10:22:18-05:00January 7th, 2013|Features|

When Tim Schimming 鈥12, was considering whether or not to enroll in the Craig School of Business鈥 Applied Entrepreneurship class and compete for a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store, he knew just who to go to for advice 鈥 his big brother, Rob. Rob 鈥10, won an RMCF store in [...]

Biology students centered on disease control

2019-06-12T10:22:18-05:00January 7th, 2013|Features|

When the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta notified Heartland Health鈥檚 Dr. Scott Folk, who specializes in infectious diseases, that they wanted to conduct research on a new virus that he had discovered in northwest 大象传媒, Scott immediately suggested that the center work with a 大象传媒 Western professor [...]

An epic season

2019-06-12T10:22:18-05:00January 7th, 2013|Features|

鈥淗istoric鈥 and 鈥渞ecord-breaking鈥 are two words to describe the football team鈥檚 2012 season, but 鈥渞iveting,鈥 鈥渧ictorious鈥 and 鈥渁wesome鈥 also quickly come to mind. It was an epic season that will be talked about for a long time. The Griffons opened the season ranked third in both the MIAA preseason Coaches [...]

Bird Banding

2019-06-12T10:22:18-05:00January 7th, 2013|Features|

Almost every morning every fall, I notice a truck parked at the edge of the timber on the north side of campus as I come in from Faraon St., and I finally found out who it was and why they are there so often. It was devoted bird banding volunteers, [...]

Griffon football: An epic season

2019-06-12T10:22:19-05:00January 4th, 2013|Features, Sports|

鈥淗istoric鈥 and 鈥渞ecord-breaking鈥 are two words to describe the football team鈥檚 2012 season, but 鈥渞iveting,鈥 鈥渧ictorious鈥 and 鈥渁wesome鈥 also quickly come to mind. It was an epic season that will be talked about for a long time. The Griffons opened the season ranked third in both the MIAA preseason Coaches [...]

Women’s athletics: today and yesterday

2019-06-12T10:22:19-05:00September 6th, 2012|Features|

Yesterday: a team of their own When most people hear 鈥淭itle IX,鈥 they immediately think of its effect on women鈥檚 collegiate sports, because of the great impact it had in that arena. That law, enacted 40 years ago, brought women鈥檚 intercollegiate sports to many campuses, including 大象传媒 Western. For the [...]