NACCE-ARC Symposium on Entrepreneurship as an Engagement Strategy Slated for March 30-31
NACCE and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will host their second regional conference for educators and administrators who want to learn how to use entrepreneurship as an engagement strategy to stimulate economic growth in local communities. The summit will be held March 30-31 at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Knoxville, TN, March 03, 2017 --(PR.com)-- NACCE Partners with Appalachian Regional Commission to host Community College Leaders Symposium March 30-31, 2017.
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation’s leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will co-sponsor a regional symposium for community college leaders and educators in Appalachia who are interested in enhancing economic growth in their areas. The summit, “Leveraging Assets in Your Local Community to Promote Economic Development,” will be held March 30-31, 2017 at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee.
“This summit, which is open to all regional educators, serves as a springboard for infusing entrepreneurship as an engagement strategy among faculty and administrators,” said Rebecca Corbin, Ed.D., president and CEO of NACCE. “It also offers many actionable and creative ways for attendees to leverage community assets to generate funding for projects, more effectively access federal grant dollars for programs, and advance K-12 partnerships with community colleges that advance local economic development goals.”
The keynote speaker for the event is Randy Boyd, former Tennessee Commissioner of Economic & Community Development. “For Tennessee to accomplish the ‘Drive to 55,’ our state’s mission to get 55 percent of Tennesseans equipped with a college degree or certificate, innovation and entrepreneurship are essential,” said Boyd. “All states have bold post-secondary attainment objectives, and like Tennessee, they also must have a strong entrepreneurial culture to succeed.”
Scholarships Available
The first 100 participants to register for the symposium will receive scholarships to cover the cost of the two-day conference. The summit includes tours of local businesses and innovation hot spots, keynote presentations from college presidents using entrepreneurship as a leadership strategy, success stories from local entrepreneurs and networking with peers, funders and industry leaders. All attendees will receive free entrepreneurship educator resources, including curricula, syllabi and rubrics that can be implemented immediately in the classroom.
“We’re honored to lead the discussion of innovations in workforce and economic development in East Tennessee,” said Pellissippi State Community College President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., Ph.D. “Pellissippi State has a long history of partnerships with local industry that creates educated graduates who bring relevant training and critical thinking skills to their careers and thus positively shape our community.”
Among the additional presenters at the symposium will be:
· Chris Whaley, J.D., president, Roane State Community College, Tennessee
· Anthony Wise, Ph.D., president, Pellissippi State Community College, Tennessee
· Gene Coulson, Ed.D., executive director of the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, West Virginia
· Angeline Godwin, Ph.D., president, Patrick Henry Community College, Virginia
· Ron Thomas, Ph.D., Ret. President of Dakota County Technical College and Presidential Liaison for NACCE ARC outreach
· Michael Torrence, Ph.D., assistant vice president of academic affairs, Volunteer State Community College, Tennessee
· Kim Simons, professor, Business Administration Coordinator, Madisonville Community College, Kentucky
· Charles Eason, Small Business Sector Navigator, California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program, California
· Lorinda Forrest Meyer, Program Grant Manager, Basic Skills & Student Transformation, College of the Siskiyous, California
About the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
ARC is an economic development agency of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 420 counties across the Appalachian Region. ARC’s mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia to help the region achieve socioeconomic parity with the nation.
About NACCE
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) is an organization of educators, administrators, presidents and entrepreneurs focused on inciting entrepreneurship in their community and on their campus. NACCE has two main goals: to empower the college to approach the business of running a community college with an entrepreneurial mindset; and to grow the community college’s role in supporting job creation and entrepreneurs in their local ecosystem. NACCE has over 330 member colleges, representing nearly 2,000 members and approximately 3.3 million students. For more information, visit nacce.com.
Contact: Rebecca Corbin
856 404-0388
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation’s leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will co-sponsor a regional symposium for community college leaders and educators in Appalachia who are interested in enhancing economic growth in their areas. The summit, “Leveraging Assets in Your Local Community to Promote Economic Development,” will be held March 30-31, 2017 at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee.
“This summit, which is open to all regional educators, serves as a springboard for infusing entrepreneurship as an engagement strategy among faculty and administrators,” said Rebecca Corbin, Ed.D., president and CEO of NACCE. “It also offers many actionable and creative ways for attendees to leverage community assets to generate funding for projects, more effectively access federal grant dollars for programs, and advance K-12 partnerships with community colleges that advance local economic development goals.”
The keynote speaker for the event is Randy Boyd, former Tennessee Commissioner of Economic & Community Development. “For Tennessee to accomplish the ‘Drive to 55,’ our state’s mission to get 55 percent of Tennesseans equipped with a college degree or certificate, innovation and entrepreneurship are essential,” said Boyd. “All states have bold post-secondary attainment objectives, and like Tennessee, they also must have a strong entrepreneurial culture to succeed.”
Scholarships Available
The first 100 participants to register for the symposium will receive scholarships to cover the cost of the two-day conference. The summit includes tours of local businesses and innovation hot spots, keynote presentations from college presidents using entrepreneurship as a leadership strategy, success stories from local entrepreneurs and networking with peers, funders and industry leaders. All attendees will receive free entrepreneurship educator resources, including curricula, syllabi and rubrics that can be implemented immediately in the classroom.
“We’re honored to lead the discussion of innovations in workforce and economic development in East Tennessee,” said Pellissippi State Community College President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., Ph.D. “Pellissippi State has a long history of partnerships with local industry that creates educated graduates who bring relevant training and critical thinking skills to their careers and thus positively shape our community.”
Among the additional presenters at the symposium will be:
· Chris Whaley, J.D., president, Roane State Community College, Tennessee
· Anthony Wise, Ph.D., president, Pellissippi State Community College, Tennessee
· Gene Coulson, Ed.D., executive director of the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, West Virginia
· Angeline Godwin, Ph.D., president, Patrick Henry Community College, Virginia
· Ron Thomas, Ph.D., Ret. President of Dakota County Technical College and Presidential Liaison for NACCE ARC outreach
· Michael Torrence, Ph.D., assistant vice president of academic affairs, Volunteer State Community College, Tennessee
· Kim Simons, professor, Business Administration Coordinator, Madisonville Community College, Kentucky
· Charles Eason, Small Business Sector Navigator, California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program, California
· Lorinda Forrest Meyer, Program Grant Manager, Basic Skills & Student Transformation, College of the Siskiyous, California
About the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
ARC is an economic development agency of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 420 counties across the Appalachian Region. ARC’s mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia to help the region achieve socioeconomic parity with the nation.
About NACCE
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) is an organization of educators, administrators, presidents and entrepreneurs focused on inciting entrepreneurship in their community and on their campus. NACCE has two main goals: to empower the college to approach the business of running a community college with an entrepreneurial mindset; and to grow the community college’s role in supporting job creation and entrepreneurs in their local ecosystem. NACCE has over 330 member colleges, representing nearly 2,000 members and approximately 3.3 million students. For more information, visit nacce.com.
Contact: Rebecca Corbin
856 404-0388
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978-857-1473
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