Victor Valley College, Barstow Community College pledge to invest in entrepreneurship
Schools commit to supporting small businesses, local economies
By Charity Lindsey
Victor Valley College
Twelve junior colleges in the Inland Empire and desert region including Victor Valley College and Barstow Community College recently took a pledge to support local startups and entrepreneurs in their respective communities.
On Feb. 8, VVC Superintendent/President Dr. Daniel Walden and BCC Superintendent/President Dr. Eva Bagg both signed the Presidents for Entrepreneurship Pledge (PFEP) along with 10 other counterparts in the Inland Empire / Desert Region Consortium of community colleges (IEDRC). The signing event took place virtually, hosted by the partner organization, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE).
Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, January 2021
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Joining Forces on the Future of Work
We are pleased to announce that the Institute’s Future of Work Initiative (FOWI) has merged with EOP. FOWI was established in late 2015 to develop bipartisan policy recommendations to address the challenges American workers face in a changing economy. FOWI’s emphasis on policy development complements EOP’s decades of research on o
HICKORY â Three grant recipients have been announced through CVCCâs Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund, a program to assist CVCC students and recent grads who want to start a business by providing a grant for a portion of their start up.
Brandy Grigg, Fong Xiong and Evan Harris were all presented with their grant recently during a small ceremony at the Workforce Solutions Complex on the campus of Catawba Valley Community College.
All three grant winners took part in the CVCC Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund (EEVF) program, which was created through the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) to help students and recent graduates build new businesses through community college resources and sustain their success. The program provides training, seed funding, and business mentoring.
WRAL TechWire keeps tabs on the latest and greatest meetups, panels, workshops, conferences, application deadlines and all things happening in the North Carolina startup/tech world. “The Headliners” is a multi-part weekly roundup of upcoming events to add to your calendar.
Following is a list of December events in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the greater Triangle area. To find out what’s happening this month in cities outside of the Triangle, check out part two of the “Headliners” column. Another post highlights January events. Meetups that occur regularly are listed here.
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