The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
Please send questions and comments to:
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Land Grant Youth Entrepreneurship Symposium
June 4-6, 2008
Days Inn Penn State
| Presentations |
Wednesday, June 4
| 12:00-1:00 | Registration |
| 1:00-2:00 | Welcome and Introductions (symposium kickoff-state objectives), Trace Gale, West Virginia University [slide show], with presentations by Kristen Grifka, USDA-CSREES; Bo Beaulieu, Southern Regional Development Center [slide show] and Stephan Goetz, The Northeast Regional Center [slide show] |
| 2:00-2:30 | Alabama Entrepreneurial Initiative (AEI) ETP 33B: A Strategy for Workforce Development, Nickey Jefferson, Tuskegee University [paper] |
| 2:30-3:00 | Growing Greener: Food Education for Urban Youth, Leona Joseph and Jacqueline Simon, Penn State University [paper] [slide show] |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:30 | Introducing EntrepreneurShip Investigation: A curriculum designed with ultimate flexibility, Patricia Fairchild, University of Nebraska [paper] [slide show] |
| 4:30-5:30 | Youth Market: Rural Entrepreneurship Experience, Ann Sherrard, University of Maryland [paper] [slide show] |
| 6:30 | Dinner and Reception/Poster Session [Debra Kantor poster] [Salaia Salave'a poster] [Carmen Dawson poster] |
Thursday, June 5
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:00 | Going Solo: Creative Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Gina Backes, University of Illinois [paper] [slide show] |
| 9:00-9:30. | Mini-Society and Be the E (in brief), Alganesh Piechocinski, University of Maryland [paper] |
| 9:30-10:00 | Innovation Engineering, Sheila Pendse, University of Maine [paper] [slide show] |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-11:30 | REAL Entrepreneurship – Action Learning Approach to Entrepreneurship Education, Anna Koltchagova and Malinda Todd, North Carolina REAL Enterprises [paper] [slide show] |
| 11:30-12:00 | Youth Entrepreneurs in Agriculture: Family Farm Tours, Joan Vance, Washington State University [paper] [slide show] |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch and Presentation |
| 1:00-1:30 | Beyond the Lemonade Stand – Youth Entrepreneurship, Erica Tobe and Laura Allen, Michigan State University [paper] [slide show] |
| 1:30-2:00 | Entre-WHAT? Business Basics for Arkansas Youth, Stacy McCullough, University of Arkansas [paper] [slide show] |
| 2:00-3:00 | Case Study: Refining a College-level Entrepreneurship Course for High School Students, Robert Macy and Liz Kisenwether, Penn State University [paper] [slide show] |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:00 | SMYEP: Engaging Youth in Southern Mississippi, Brent Hales, University Southern Mississippi [paper] [slide show] |
| 4:00-5:30 | Group Discussion/Innovation Session |
| 6:30 | Dinner and Networking |
Friday, June 6
| 7:30 | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:00 | Community Change Initiative and Youth Entrepreneurship: Integrating Young People into Successful Place-based Economic Development, Mary Emery, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University [paper] [slide show] |
| 9:00-10:00 | Group discussion on the development of concrete action plans and next steps around the results of the symposium and the innovation session. |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Group discussion on next steps continues |
| 12:00 noon | Adjourn |
| Additional Papers |
UConn 4-H Youth Entrepreneur Program, Edith Valiquette, University of Connecticut [paper]
