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May 10, 2018

ELI’s former President Bree Langemo conducted an interdisciplinary entrepreneurial mindset workshop at Ferris State University’s inaugural Student Success Summit. Faculty, staff, and administrators from a large variety of areas attended the workshop to learn how to incorporate an entrepreneurial mindset into student success initiatives.

A program based on the book “Who Owns the Ice House” by Clifton Taulbert wrapped up on Thursday, leaving several of the participants satisfied with the experience. The five-night program took place on the Harlan campus of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College and focused on helping individuals achieve an entrepreneurial mindset. Local business owner Donell Busroe attended the sessions after having read “Who Owns the Ice House” some time ago. “I read the Ice…

May 9, 2018

A public-private partnership between the city of St. Petersburg and the local chamber of commerce is launching an eight-week course for leaders of nonprofit organizations aimed at helping them find creative and resourceful ways to bring in additional revenue. The St. Petersburg Greenhouse’s Ice House Entrepreneurship program launched Tuesday and is based on the nationwide Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative. Participants are expected to learn entrepreneurial behaviors and skills as well as how to identifyopportunities including support…

May 7, 2018

ELI Director of Training & Operations, Joanie Weber, attended Harvard’s Emerging Leader Program with participants from over fourteen countries. Harvard’s Emerging Leader Program cultivates leadership skills in the areas of strategy, financing, and marketing. The program is ongoing with online components where the teams continue to work together on selected projects.

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…