FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., June 12 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:

When Cameron Mercer started helping University of Arkansas students move out of their dorms during his freshman year, he was simply trying to make some extra spending money.

Four years later, the business he built from those early move-in and move-out jobs has grown into Boss Hog Moving Co., a student-focused moving company serving Northwest Arkansas. Mercer says the Master of Science in Product Innovation (MSPI) program at the Sam M. Walton College of Business helped him think differently about how to scale it.

"I have always enjoyed providing services to people," said Mercer, who graduated in 2026 and now owns Boss Hog Moving Co. "I like making...