Bowie University News October 1, 2014 Emerging BSU Student Entrepreneurs Have a New Home Bowie State University students looking to start their own businesses have a new campus resource to provide them the support to grow their companies and connect with expert coaches. The Entrepreneurship Academy (EA) is an initiative started by the College of Business in fall 2013 to provide a pathway of practical learning opportunities to help college and high school students, especially those from at-risk communities, establish and develop their own businesses. On Tuesday at 10 a.m., a ribbon-cutting ceremony will celebrate the grand opening of its Student Business Hatchery in the Center for Business and Graduate Studies, Room 1330. The Student Business Hatchery will provide workspace for the top three winners of the first annual BSU Business Idea Competition, held in spring 2014. There, those students - Kevin Mack ('14), Kristy Williams (Master of Public Administration) and senior Stanley Morgan (business administration) - will continue developing the concepts for their ventures and receive coaching and advice from members of the program's advisory council, composed of local entrepreneurs, BSU faculty, company presidents, and other business professionals. Through collaborative efforts with its partners, the EA aims to nurture student entrepreneurs and prepare them for local and regional business plan competitions, in the hopes that they will be considered for membership in the Bowie Business Innovation Center (Bowie BIC), the regional business incubator also located at Bowie State. The Bowie BIC supports early-stage businesses to achieve goals to expand and achieve success over the long term. In addition to the Student Business Hatchery and Business Idea Competition, the EA also hosts a summer entrepreneurship camp for high school students<https://bsubridge.bowiestate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.bowiestate.edu/about/news/details/local-teens-learn-how-to-start-their-own-businesses/>, held for the first time in summer 2014. Last month, the EA hosted a prelude to the grand opening with the sponsorship of the FedEx Showcar appearance at Bowie State. Dr. Minnette Bumpus, EA Executive Director and assistant professor of Management, Marketing and Public Administration, said the initiative is a resource to educate the campus and local community about entrepreneurship. In mid-November, she said the EA will host educational events to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW)<https://bsubridge.bowiestate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.gew.co/>, the world's largest weeklong celebration of innovators and job creators. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2014meeting-form.html for the October 26-28, 2014 HBCU Library Alliance 6th Membership Meeting in Atlanta GA!