David C. Yen, Ph.D. Dean JHJ School of Business PNC Entrepreneurship Center
In October 2021, PNC foundation announced a 16.8 million (PNC Commits Nearly $20M in Support of HBCUs and Entrepreneurship | PNC Insights) to launch the Howard University and PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship in Washington, DC utilizing three universities that will serve as regional hubs, to coordinate programs, research and community outreach for the nation’s network of 101 HBCUs. These three universities include:
the programs regional partners is responsible for the following six states including OK, AR, MO, LA and Texas and will receive around $500,000 each year for a five-year period. This five- year project funded by PNC bank will have the following concrete objectives to accomplish: • To establish the centers in several geographical areas and be responsible for assisting local community development, • To expand the innovative educational opportunities in general and in specific, to expand and increase focus on undergraduate and graduate education in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship, • To improve students’ experiential and service learning to establish and develop their own career opportunity as small business owner in the Houston Metropolitan area and the great Midwest and Texas regions. • To award faculty to publish more innovative papers/articles in the area of entrepreneurship, small business and general management/ marketing areas to assist the use of technology and enhance the local economic development,
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Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta Morgan State university, Baltimore Texas Southern University, Houston
According to the same source, the national center and its regional HBCU partners will focus on expanding access to entrepreneurship opportunities by engaging students, business owners and communities of color by growing their enterprises and providing support to their local community throughout the country. In specific, this opportunity allows the JHJ School of Business at TSU to participate with Howard University to develop the entrepreneurship regional center under the PNC Foundation grant. The JHJ School of Business at TSU, as one of
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