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  • Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education: Open

    24 May 2010
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  • Table of contents:

    1. COME TO COLUMBUS...OHIO - THE HEART OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP!
    2. NFIB-YEF HONORS OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
    3. NEWS FROM OUR CURRICULUM PARTNER .... Curriki.org
    4. THANKS TO THOSE WHO COMPLETED THE CONSORTIUM FEEDBACK SURVEY
    5. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER . . .

  • 1. COME TO COLUMBUS...OHIO - THE HEART OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP!

    PLAN NOW . . . Educators looking for creative new ideas for their programs ... anywhere from elementary to adult entrepreneurship experiences ... will want to put November 12 - 16, 2010 on your calendars to join us for the professional development conference of the year at the Hyatt on Capitol Square....Columbus, Ohio.

    We have just announced the presenters for the 56 CONCURRENT SESSIONS and 26 ROUNDTABLES ... a fabulous array of ideas and expertise shared by entrepreneurship educators from all parts of the US.

    Check out the specifics and see who you know at http://www.entre-ed.org/_network/forum.htm. Note the program overview is also there by clicking on CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE.

    Everything about the conference will be posted at this site between now and November. Check out the beautiful hotel, special scholarship options, conference registration, exhibitor opportunities, major speakers, special workshops, etc. etc. MUCH MORE TO COME!

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  • 2. NFIB-YEF HONORS OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

    Congratulations to the 141 high school graduates who were just awarded college scholarships by The National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation. See the announcement of the 2010 recipients of the eighth annual NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program designed to reward and encourage entrepreneurial talents among high school students. A list of winners can be found at http://www.yealeaders.org/pdf/news_nfib-yef_scholars.pdf

    The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award recipients will attend the university, college, community college or vocational/technical institute of their choice with $1,000-$10,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation. This year’s major corporate sponsors are Visa, Inc. and Sam’s Club.

    The NFIB Young Entrepreneur program was established to raise awareness among the nation's youth of the critical role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in the building of America. Since 2003, the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded 2,095 scholarships to graduating high school seniors totaling $2,382,000.

    PLAN ahead . . . The 2011 scholarship application process will open late October 2010. To receive more information or to join the mailing list, please contact the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation at http://www.nfib.com/tabid/85/Default.aspx

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  • 3. NEWS FROM OUR CURRICULUM PARTNER .... Curriki.org

    Have you searched for entrepreneurship curriculum free on this WIKI designed to share classroom materials FREE - Just enter "entrepreneurship" in the Search box.....
    http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome

    Curriki's new friendly homepage, with the usual excellent free and open source content, is just a click away. And they now have a newsletter that many have been waiting for: it contains the announcement about this summer's grants opportunity for teachers. See below to learn more about the Summer of Content 2010!

    Summer of Content 2010: Do you have an instructional unit you’re proud of that you’d like to publish and get paid for? Interested in earning money this summer to develop a new unit that will be shared with a global audience? For the third annual Summer of Content effort, Curriki is soliciting premium learning materials for Grades 6–12 in science, math, and ELL/ESL. Awards will be granted to units that include a collection of robust materials for students. Apply by June 25, 2010.

    Learn More http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Demo/SOCForm2010

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  • 4. THANKS TO THOSE WHO COMPLETED THE CONSORTIUM FEEDBACK SURVEY

    We are still encouraging those of you who have not answered our Consortium Feedback survey to go to Survey Monkey right away to speak your mind.

    https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XQV5R57

    We will share the report later this summer, but for now it is interesting to know that no one said the new electronic version of Future CEO Stars was difficult to use. Congratulations to Chip Lowe of CWD, our student technical expert who designed all of our online resources this year. And of almost 100 respondents, two thirds are teachers and one-third are administrators.

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  • 5. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER . . .

    For those of you soon off to a summer of peace and quiet...have a great one. And for the rest of us who are still pursuing initiatives and opportunities to help our students and maximize our services in support of entrepreneurship education, we will still be here and hard at it! Stay in touch wherever you are.

    Cheers,

    CATHY

    Cathy Ashmore, Executive Director
    Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
    614-486-6538 cashmore@entre-ed.org

    http://www.entre-ed.org
    http://www.fcsmag.com
    http://www.entre-week.org
    http://www.YEAleaders.org

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