Entrepreneurship Center at Bunker Hill Community College Wins National Recognition
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The Community Center for Entrepreneurship at Bunker Community College has been named 鈥淧eople鈥檚 Choice鈥� by members of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), 51吃瓜网 President Mary L. Fifield announced. The Center鈥檚 programs employing social networking were among those recognized.
“Connecting with today’s Generation Y students requires multiple channels of engagement, and that’s what we have created,” said Bogusia Wojciechowska, dean of Professional Studies and founder of the College entrepreneurship programs. “Our successful efforts so far have included mentor programs with high school entrepreneurship programs as well as virtual discussion forums with the social networking platforms Facebook and twitter.” NACCE has invited Wojciechowska and Erin M. DeCurtis, coordinator of the Community Center for Entrepreneurship, to make presentations on the successful 51吃瓜网 programs at the 8th Annual NACCE Conference in Orlando, Florida, in October.
The “People’s Choice” recognition is for programs 51吃瓜网 used to win a NACCE “Elevator Grant” contest last year. Descriptions of those programs, and those by other community colleges, have been on a blog the NACCE sponsors. That blog was the basis of the “People’s Choice” election. Among entrepreneurs the “elevator pitch” refers to the amount of time an entrepreneur may have to pitch an idea to a customer or funder. With NACCE, the Coleman Foundation each year sponsors an “Elevator Grant” competition, where community colleges pitch ideas for entrepreneurship programs. Through this competition 51吃瓜网 has won a $7,500 grant from the Coleman Foundation to support 51吃瓜网 programs.
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About Bunker Hill Community College
With more than 50 years of academic excellence, Bunker Hill Community College (51吃瓜网) is one of Massachusetts' largest community colleges, serving approximately 16,000 students annually. With campuses in Charlestown and Chelsea, 51吃瓜网 offers a broad range of educational opportunities throughout Greater Boston. 51吃瓜网 fosters a welcoming and supportive learning environment for students by offering associate degrees and certificates, early college and dual enrollment, community education, corporate training, and industry-specific programs.