Business

Bob Wolfe started Always Buying Books in 2001 with $6,000 and approximately 4,000 books. Now with 40,000 used and new books on the shelves, Wolfe and store manager Alyse Foley work to continue their success and help out in the community.

Firaol Ahmed founded Moii Coffee from his dorm room to help fix a broken coffee supply chain and amplify the voices of Ethiopian coffee farmers.

The project is scheduled to begin this year and be completed in 2028.

“Small businesses are the life blood of communities across the Cherokee Nation Reservation,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.

The accreditation signifies a commitment by the college to put students first and provide them with a world-class business education. This spring, the college is celebrating its 25th anniversary year as an AACSB-accredited business school.

According to the 2021 data from the US Census Bureau, between 2019 and 2021, the number of people primarily working from home tripled from 5.7% (roughly 9 million people) to 17.9% (27.6 million people).

About 250 attended the event to help Noel, Missouri-based RAISE, raise over $10k of the $14,500 cost of a driving simulator to help refugees earn their driver's licenses.

In a world of unlimited online meeting platforms, 143 employers and over 650 students attended a one-day in-person job fair at Pittsburg State University last week.

According to data from the Pittsburg Micropolitan Report published in May of 2022, unemployment in the area was stable at 3.6%, down from 5.5% in 2020. The highest unemployment rate for Pittsburg, KS, in 2021 was in the mining industry, which posted an unemployment rate of 11.2%.

A wide range of companies were represented at the career fair, including those targeting Pittsburg State School of Construction and School of Technology students.