Students Learn Successful Lessons in Entrepreneurship at Community College
BY PRESS OFFICER
PGCC Communications
Largo, Md. ––Prince George’s Community College’s Hillman Entrepreneurs program will sponsor “Young Money: Making It and Keeping It” on Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 6 p.m. in Rennie Forum on the Largo campus.
The event will feature entrepreneur and author André Taylor. Taylor will participate in a reception and book signing at 5:30 p.m.
“Mr. Taylor is one of the nation’s foremost experts on entrepreneurship and we are proud that he wants to join us to inspire young people to become tomorrow’s business leaders,” said Lisa Rawlings, Hillman Entrepreneurs program director.
André Taylor, author of You Can Still Win! Break Through, Bounce Back, Come From Behind and Flourish, is an award-winning business leader and expert in personal and business success. He is a speaker and founder of several successful businesses including Interactive Sports, one of the country’s leading sports media companies. In addition to having a deep commitment to helping other entrepreneurs, Taylor has produced 81 Lessons of The Natural Entrepreneur, a business building system and a complete catalog of audio, video and workbook titles.
The regional business journal, Crain’s New York Business named Taylor one of New York City’s top minority executives and Black Enterprise Magazine named him its 2002 Business Innovator of the Year. He serves as the entrepreneur in residence at New York City’s LaGuardia Community College and is a member of the foundation’s board of directors. Taylor is also a founding member and advisor to Business for Youth, a non-profit organization recognizing achievement and leadership in young people.
To reserve space, call 301-322-0075 or e-mail
hillman@pgcc.edu
About the Hillman Entrepreneurs
The David H. and Suzanne D. Hillman Family Foundation, which initially pledged $1.7 million over a three-year period to pilot this innovative entrepreneurship program, created the Hillman Entrepreneurs program by partnering with the University of Maryland and Prince George’s Community College.
Since 2006, the program has supported students who might not otherwise be able to afford a college education by starting their college career at PGCC on full scholarship, including books, and then supporting them in a seamless transfer to UM in pursuit of their bachelor’s degree. The program has become so successful that the Foundation has agreed to another three years of financial support.
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Temple Hills Resident Wins WSSC Scholarship
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WSSC
LAUREL (August 18, 2010): The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has awarded a University of Maryland environmental engineering student a $1,000 scholarship. Javier Arias of Temple Hills was presented with the award during the monthly meeting of the WSSC Commissioners.
Arias, who graduated this past spring with an Associate Degree in Engineering from Prince George's Community College, spent the summer in a Drexel University (Philadelphia) program working on a microbe source tracking project. He was trained to take water samples, extract DNA and then test for possible hosts of the microbe.
Arias said he became interested in environmental engineering and climate change after his mother, Oneida Arias took him to back to her native village of Las Marias, El Salvador, where he witnessed first hand the effects of climate change. A small creek that was essential to life in the village had dried up. “Climate change is something that is happening in this generation. One does not need to look back in a history book to be told the story,” Arias said in his application essay.
“Javier Arias is a great example of the kind of student we want to encourage to pursue a career in engineering,” said Commissioner Joyce Starks, in whose honor the scholarship is named. In addition to the scholarship, Javier is eligible to apply for a summer internship at WSSC. “This is an important investment in the future of WSSC, the environment and a young student,” said Starks.
To qualify for the scholarship, students must be a resident of Prince George’s County or Montgomery County, be enrolled in an engineering degree program and write a 400- to 1000-word essay on water/wastewater engineering. Applications for the 2011 scholarship will be accepted after January 1. This is the fourth year WSSC has awarded the scholarship. For more information contact the Office of the Commissioners, (301) 206-8200.
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