![Miranda Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/BANNER_10.jpg.webp?itok=97uOb9sy)
Miranda Lee, a wife, mother, student and entrepreneur, is on the cusp of achieving a significant milestone — graduating with a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation degree from Cal State San Bernardino and launching her startup. “It isn’t just about personal growth,” she said. “It’s about using what I’ve learned to make a real difference.”
![Mike Stull (left), director, and Stacey Allis, assistant director, Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship, at the Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards at the Riverside Convention Center on Nov. 13, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/BANNER_Spirit-of-the-Entrepreneur-Awards.jpg.webp?itok=CfLwqEml)
Nominations for the 22nd Annual Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards are now open. The deadline for submissions is Aug. 16.
![The Entrepreneurial Resource Center in Temecula](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Homepage-Banner-ERC_0.jpg.webp?itok=pN6R6evt)
The grand opening of the Entrepreneurial Resource Center, a collaboration between CSUSB’s Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship, the Riverside County Office of Economic Development and the city of Temecula, takes place on Jan. 24 from 3-5 p.m.
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CSUSB has named businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist Mohannad Malas as a recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
![Faculty in the News, Pfau Library](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Faculty-in-the-News-Library_4.jpg.webp?itok=MrXuyqU6)
Brian Levin (criminal justice), Tony Coulson (information decision sciences), Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) and David Yaghoubian (history), and Matthew Des Lauriers (anthropology) were included in recent news coverage in areas of their expertise.
![Twenty-seven entrepreneurs were selected from a pool of more than 250 nominees.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/newsslide_IECE_2020_SpiritAwardsstatuette_Oct2021.jpg.webp?itok=Ad6jGINY)
The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship has announced the finalists for its annual Spirit of the Entrepreneur gala to be held in November.
![Spirit of the Entrepreneur award statue.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_IECE_SpiritAwards_10Aug2021.jpg.webp?itok=iUOwfxY7)
The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at CSUSB is seeking nominations of IE-based entrepreneurs for the 2021 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards. The deadline is Aug. 20 to submit nominations.
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As part of our celebration of Black History Month, take a look back when Janice Bryant Howroyd, the founder and chief executive officer of The ActOne Group, presided over the awards gala that took place on Nov. 21.
!["Stacey Allis and Michael Stull at the 2020 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards"](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_IECE_Spirit2020_02Dec2020.jpg.webp?itok=Lfm2XHDt)
The 2020 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards gala, presented by the CSUSB Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship, may be watched in its entirety.