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Marshall County Correctional Facility Inmates’ Ice House Project

April 10, 2018

OXFORD, Miss. – Students and faculty from the University of Mississippi Department of Legal Studies recently joined forces with the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs to pack more than 100,000 meals in one day for an organization that helps needy children. Linda Keena, interim chair for the Department of Legal Studies, teaches restorative justice and entrepreneurship courses to a group of maximum-security inmates at the facility, where the idea for the project got its start. The…

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Ice House Launches in Kentucky

The Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation and the Kentucky Entrepreneur Network are presenting a five-night program designed for people interested in obtaining an entrepreneurial mindset. “The series is focused on the entrepreneur mindset, the decisions we make, how we see the world and interact with others,” Huffman said. “Along with the series, we have a gentleman who is going to be teaching about the Ice House Discovery Canvas.” Huffman said the program will break down and…

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Gilmour Academy in Ohio Receives Grant for Ice House

March 21, 2018

The Veale Foundation awarded Gilmour Academy, in Gates Mills, Ohio, a $10,000 grant for the 2017-2018 school year to help fund the planning and implementation of entrepreneurship activities for the current school year. Veale funds are being used for professional development and supporting materials to implement a specialized, entrepreneurial curriculum called The Ice House Entrepreneurship Program. The curriculum has been utilized in Gilmour’s entrepreneurship program this year and will be fully implemented next year. Read the…

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Bennington County Drives Economic Development

March 14, 2018

The Bennington County Industrial Corporation, Braathe Enterprises, and The Lightning Jar are excited to announce the continued partnership with the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative (ELI) to provide the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program to the Bennington region again, after a very successful course run in the fall. An Open House will take place at Williams Financial in Bennington from 5:00 – 6:30 on Monday, March 19. The nine-week program will begin the following Monday, March 26, meeting at 6:00…

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Cherokee County Economic Development Ice House Launch

February 3, 2018

Cherokee County Economic Development in Kansas is launching a new session of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program starting March 1. Read more here.

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