Grant Targets Budding Entrepreneurs

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Sandra Phoenix
Mon, Nov 15, 2010 12:30 PM

Alabama A&M News
November 10, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jerome Saintjones, 256.372.5607

Grant Targets Budding Entrepreneurs

Huntsville, Ala. ---- A nearly $600,000 federal grant awarded to Alabama A&M University will help launch a new generation of young businesspeople.

The three-year project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture for $598,515. Housed under A&M's Department of Agribusiness in the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the grant focuses on "Microenterprise-Centered Rural Development Strategy: An Education Program for Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs."

Dr. James O. Bukenya, the principal investigator for the project, is ably assisted by Drs. Eric Nyako, Buddhi Gyawali and Swagata Banerjee.

The project will support the creation of a new cohort of entrepreneurs through unique training for postsecondary and high school students, using workshops, summer camps and experiential training, notes Bukenya.

One of the major activities, he says, is developing "a regional youth training program" in cooperation with selected high schools in north Alabama and in the Black Belt Region, where many AAMU students are recruited.

For additional information, contact Dr. Bukenya at (256) 372-5729.

SANDRA M. PHOENIX
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Alabama A&M News November 10, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jerome Saintjones, 256.372.5607 Grant Targets Budding Entrepreneurs Huntsville, Ala. ---- A nearly $600,000 federal grant awarded to Alabama A&M University will help launch a new generation of young businesspeople. The three-year project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture for $598,515. Housed under A&M's Department of Agribusiness in the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the grant focuses on "Microenterprise-Centered Rural Development Strategy: An Education Program for Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs." Dr. James O. Bukenya, the principal investigator for the project, is ably assisted by Drs. Eric Nyako, Buddhi Gyawali and Swagata Banerjee. The project will support the creation of a new cohort of entrepreneurs through unique training for postsecondary and high school students, using workshops, summer camps and experiential training, notes Bukenya. One of the major activities, he says, is developing "a regional youth training program" in cooperation with selected high schools in north Alabama and in the Black Belt Region, where many AAMU students are recruited. For additional information, contact Dr. Bukenya at (256) 372-5729. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org www.hbculibraries.org 404.592.4820 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org Honor the ancestors, honor the children.