Program

Entrepreneurial College

February 7-9, 2007
 Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, North Carolina

Wednesday, February 7
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Registration
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Welcome and introductions:
  • Dr. Barbara Viniar, Executive Director of ICCD
  • Paul Koehnke, Associate Vice President, Central Piedmont Community College
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm “Entrepreneurship: The National Community College Landscape,” Thomas Goodrow, President, National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm Organizational Structures: Optimal Designs for Entrepreneurial Colleges"
  • Dr. Andrew Meyer, Vice President for Learning, Anne Arundel Community College, MD
  • Dr. Anita Kaplan, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Erie Community College, NY
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Reception and Dinner.  "What Community Colleges Can Do for Entrepreneurs"
Frances Queen, President/CEO Queen Associates, Inc., National Woman Business Owner of the Year, 2006
Thursday, February 8
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am "The Entrepreneurial Approach to Resource Development"
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:45 am Affinity group discussions and reporting out
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch

"Developing an Entrepreneurial College"
Dr. P. Anthony Zeiss, President, Central Piedmont Community College
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Roundtables, Session I
  • Curriculum models for Certificates, Degrees, and Continuing Education
  • Serving the New Entrepreneur
  • Enhancing Regional Economic Development through Entrepreneurship
  • Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture on Campus
  • Encouraging Faculty Participation
  • Meeting the Unique Challenges of Small, Rural Colleges
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Roundtables, Session II
3:30 – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 - 4:30 pm Roundtable reporting out, discussion
Friday, February 9
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:00 am "Community Colleges and Industry Clusters:  An Entrepreneurial Strategy" 
Dr. Stuart Rosenfeld, Principal, Regional Technology Strategies
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am – 12:00 pm

Small groups:

  • Developing a campus action plan
  • Overcoming barriers
  • Creating/adapting models
  • Developing resources
12:00 pm Wrap–up

Lunch

Presentation of Certificates

Presenter bios

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Sponsorship for "The Entrepreneurial College" provided by the Department of Adult and Higher Education, North Carolina State University, and The New York Times.

For more information about "The Entrepreneurial College," please contact Patrick Feely, Program Coordinator, ICCD, Cornell University.
607-254-2797 pef6@cornell.edu.

 

 

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