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91制片厂鈥檚 Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) received the 2022 Excellence in Student Engagement in Entrepreneurship Award from the听听at the national听听in Cleveland recently.

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The award recognizes an institution that encourages student leadership and engagement in developing innovative extra and co-curricular activities that support the development of entrepreneurial awareness, skills and practice. The Deshpande Symposium brings together more than 350 higher education entrepreneur practitioners from colleges and universities around the United States to share and discuss current and future trends and ways to increase student engagement in innovation and entrepreneurship.

The award to 91制片厂鈥檚 Entrepreneurship Center was based upon the ECenter鈥檚 signature high-impact experiential programs, including the nationally recognized i2 Passport Program, 听the first-year Idea + Innovation Society Program, the sophomore year Shaw Innovation Explorers Program, idea coaching, the Summer Seed Grant and Summer Paid Student Internships at Start-up Program, among many others. More importantly, the award recognizes the ECenter for the successful student outcomes from these programs.

鈥淔or a center that is just over six years old, this is a significant honor on the national stage,鈥� says ECenter executive director Ian Grant.

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Grant also thanked听,听听and听听for their hard work to coordinate the symposium, hosted at Cleveland鈥檚 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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