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Entrepreneurship

  • Maggie Dunne poses a question to Richard Branson
    For ±«Óătv student Maggie Dunne ’13, one good deed yields another — and another — and another. As winner of the 2012 grand prize in Glamour magazine’s Top 10 College Women Competition, she received $20,000 for the work she has accomplished through her nonprofit Lakota Pine Ridge Children’s Enrichment Project. At the ceremony, she announced [
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    June 8, 2012
  • “One can be an entrepreneur at any age,” said Dr. Mark Mandel ’60 who, at age 73, has tapped ±«Óătv students to help him launch a new philanthropic endeavor. Through the sales of high-end hair care products, Mandel will grow a college scholarship fund called the Foundation for the Advancement of College Education. Its acronym, [
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    May 29, 2012
  • Jeffrey Herbst
    If, as Sir Richard Branson said on Friday, prizes are one of the best ways to encourage innovation, then President Jeffrey Herbst is on the right track with his new ±«Óătv Innovation Awards. During his remarks before Richard Branson’s Global Leaders appearance at ±«Óătv, Herbst talked about entrepreneurial ideas and technology — and how important it is to try new things in [
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    April 15, 2012
  • As ±«Óătv people around the world celebrated Friday the 13th and #±«ÓătvDay trended on Twitter, the university welcomed international entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson to campus for the fifth annual Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at ±«Óătv.
    April 14, 2012
  • “It is not for the faint of heart.” That is what Andy Greenfield ’74 said about membership in the university’s Thought Into Action Institute, which provides mentoring to students who want to transform ideas into realities.
    April 4, 2011
  • On the morning of Feb. 9, 42 students in Curtis Hall received a sweet wake-up call: Dunkin’ Donuts food and coffee delivered to their dorm rooms. The Entrepreneurs Club was testing its latest venture, a service that has students select what they want for breakfast and a delivery time, then pay with their ‘Gate Card [
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    February 24, 2011