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April 7, 2016

Roberts Hosts Annual Entrepreneurs for Change

 

WHAT: Roberts Wesleyan College and Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York will host Entrepreneurs for Change with 110 high school students from the Greater Rochester area, who will come to campus to learn how to change lives and the community through entrepreneurship. They will participate in a series of activities, including: 

  • “Let’s Solve a Rochester Problem Together” high school entrepreneurship workshop
  • Presentation from nationally known Enactus team about local and global entrepreneurial projects
  • Q&A with college business students about using business skills to address social issues
  • College campus tour

Participating high schools include P-Tech, Livonia, Caledonia-Mumford, Gates-Chili, Vanguard Collegiate, Edison and Early College International.

WHEN:                Friday, April 8

                           10 a.m.-1 p.m.

                           Mayor Lovely Warren will speak at 10:15 a.m.

For the full schedule of events, click here

WHERE:               Roberts Wesleyan College

                            Howard Stowe Roberts Cultural Life Center

                            2301 Westside Drive

                            Rochester, N.Y. 14624

 WHO:                  

  • JP Anderson, associate vice president of undergraduate admissions,  RWC
  • Participating  Junior Achievement  high school students
  • Roberts Wesleyan College students

                               

About Roberts Wesleyan College

Celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2016, Roberts Wesleyan College is committed to character development, Christ-centered education, transformational learning and service. With an enrollment of 1,712 students and a tradition of excellence since 1866, the college strives to inspire students to transform themselves and the world, and offers more than 50 undergraduate programs taught by high-quality, supportive faculty and graduate programs in business, education, health administration, healthcare informatics administration, marketing, nursing, school counseling and school psychology, and social work. Innovative undergraduate degree-completion programs are also available for working adults in health administration, nursing, criminal justice, organizational management and teacher education. Roberts Wesleyan College was honored on the 2015 Great Colleges to Work For® list, presented by The Chronicle of Higher Education. 

 

About Junior Achievement (JA)
The mission of Junior Achievement (JA) is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. JA programs are delivered by corporate and community volunteers, and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in
financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship, JA of Central Upstate New York provides programming to students in 25 counties throughout New York State, and served more than 16,500 students during the 2014-2015 academic year. To learn more, visit www.jacuny.org 


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