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Coleman Faculty Scholars announced
by Zach Hench Each school year, two faculty members are selected by the Entrepreneurship Program at IIT to be Coleman Faculty Scholars, and their time is purchased from their respective departments. This allows the chosen professors to team teach, collaborate on events, and work on research in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. Faculty stipends are provided as monetary incentives, with a focus on tangible output and deliverables such as course development, published research, conference proceedings, and community service. Faculty are also paid for the development of new courses that link science, technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Read more...
Published Saturday October 11, 2008
Youth Zone, Oct. 11: Club turns kids into executives
BY CAROL BICAK
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER You're a teenager and you have an idea for your own company. You just know you could make a success of it. Read more...
CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENTS OF MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS WASHINGTON, Aug. 22/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency will celebrate the achievements of minority entrepreneurs and business leaders during the 26th Anniversary of the National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week conference on Sept. 3-5 in Washington, D.C. Read More... ARLINGTON, TX, Aug 31/Star Telegram -- For a guy who’s not into awards, James Rose sure has a way of winning them. The Arlington school district’s director of student affairs will head to Washington, D.C., this week to accept a national youth entrepreneurship award from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency. He also recently accepted a Bayard H. Friedman/Chesapeake Energy Hero Award from the Fort Worth-based Score a Goal in the Classroom school incentive program. Read More...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Nation's Largest Business Women's Group States Women Breaking Electoral Glass Ceiling in 2008. Read More...
LOS ANGELES TIMES - Opinion - America's educational system is falling behind. We must find innovative leaders with a vision who can prepare children for the future they deserve. By Cory Booker, John Doerr and Ted Mitchell, August 31, 2008. Read More...
WISCONSIN - Fox Valley Technical College inventor's lab may become model for global network - GRAND CHUTE — An international network of inventors' labs visited Fox Valley Technical College this week with plans to take the school's model global. Read More....
NEBRASKA - Youth Entrepreneurship Expo at Nebraska State Fair Shines Spotlight on Nebraska Youth Entrepreneurs and much more...The 4H Youth Entrepreneurship Expo will debut at 4H Cyber Fair (in the Farmland Building) during the 2008 Nebraska State Fair, August 22 through September 1. This is the third year that youth entrepreneurship has been a primary focus in the 4-H CyberFair Pavilion. If you would just like to learn more about this project, contact Michelle Garwood at
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or (402) 4729198. Information about the ESI Curriculum and CyberFair can be found at http://4h.unl.edu/esi/ Nebraska 4H Curriculum Team – Patricia Fairchild, Nancy Eberle, Michelle Garwood,Becky Thorberg, & Jean Swanson
WASHINGTON, DC, The Washington Times, Op-Ed by Diana Davis Spencer, July, 18, 2008 - This September, summer vacation will turn into a permanent break from school for more than a million students. In fact, research shows that around 7,000 students drop out every school day, and that only about half of all students in the nation's 50 largest cities graduate from high school each year. Read More...
COLORADO, June 5-7, 2008. Entrepreneurship conference is a learning experience. LEADVILLE — The inaugural “Best Practices for Teaching Entrepreneurship” Conference held June 5-7, 2008 at Colorado Mountain College-Timberline Campus proved to be a learning experience for all participants. Read More...
OHIO, June 23-29,2008/Crains Cleveland Business. PERSONAL VIEW - OPINION by Deborah D. Hoover, president of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation in Hudson. Young entrepreneurs breathe life into area. Read More...
INDIANA, June 23, 2008/pal-item.com. US entrepreneurship curriculum being tested in India. The entrepreneurship curriculum developed by faculty at Indiana University East for high school students is getting a test drive in India this December. Read More...
WASHINGTON, June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NFIB and Visa Inc. Announce 2008 'Young Entrepreneur of the Year' Winner. Washington State Teen Experiences Sweet Taste of Business Ownership Success. The eighteen-year-old owner of a Washington state chocolate and coffee business, Peter Crabtree, has won the 2008 National Federation of Independent Business/Visa Inc. "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" Award. In recognition of his entrepreneurial achievements and spirit, Peter Crabtree of Kingston, has been awarded a $10,000 educational scholarship to help defray the cost of tuition at Seattle University. Peter was chosen for this top honor from more than 8,000 candidates who applied from across the country. Read More...
SOUTH DAKOTA -- (Garretson Weekly) -- A side business has helped a 2008 Garretson High School graduate earn a little extra cash for college this fall. Read More...
ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Our nation’s smallest businesses are a major source of U.S. employment, and one possible solution to our nation’s struggling economy, according to the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO). Read More...
HARRISBURG, PA – Twenty-five small businesses from across Pennsylvania participated in “The Right Direction,” an exposition held at the State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg on Tuesday, May 13. Read More....
Baltimore, MD - May 16, 2008. T.R.E.E.S., Training, Resources, Education, Empowerment, Success, is an initiative of the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City (OSA). On Wednesday, May 14, 2008 there was an official signing of Memorandum of Understanding between T.R.E.E.S. of OSA and EYE for Change, Inc founder Natasha Cross. For more information please visit www.eyeforchange.org.
The Bellevue Leader in Nebraska just published an excellent article highlighting the class that Janita Pavelka offered this spring for home school students in the Omaha Metro area. The class is using the EntrepreneurShip Investigation curriculum (copyright 2008) that is now available for purchase from University of Nebraska 4-H. Read the full article.
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm’s proclams (4/18/08) that Youth Entrepreneurship Week begins in Michigan on May 11 in conjunction with the Generation E Institute’s Student Showcase in Battle Creek (MI) on May 13. Read the announcement. |
