On Wednesday, March 5, the Palm Desert Entrepreneurial Resource Center celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, featuring refreshments provided by local small businesses and congratulatory remarks by local and regional dignitaries.
Thomas Corrigan (communication and media), comments on the lack of news media serving the Inland Empire, Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) talks about a new program supporting veteran entrepreneurs in Riverside County, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about the latest hate crime statistics.
Leonard Transportation Center faculty Kimberly Collins, Yunfei Hou and Raffi Der Wartanian, with graduate students Sai Kalyan Ayyagari and Bhavik Pankaj Khatri, published a study for the journal Data in Brief; Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) discussed the opening of the Palm Desert Entrepreneur Resource Center; and Michael Karp (history) coordinated the 20th annual Academic WorldQuest competition.
The newly expanded resource will serve as a catalyst for the creation of new businesses and the growth of existing small businesses in the Coachella Valley.
Michelle Russen (hospitality management/marketing) worked with a team to publish a study on masculine and feminine leadership traits in hospitality managers, and Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was interviewed for the radio program “Southern California Business Report.”
An art news website featured a question-and-answer interview with Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history) about the UCLA Fowler Museum exhibit she helped curate, “Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art.” Also interviewed for a Q-and-A was Michael Stull (entrepreneurship) on the topic of the newest Entrepreneurial Resources Center in Palm Desert.
The Entrepreneurial Resource Center has partnered with U.S. Bank to provide small business owners in the Inland Empire with education in financial management and business planning.
Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) discusses U.S. Bank becoming an affiliate of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) expressed concern about the president-elect’s rhetoric concerning the New Year’s Day attacks and how it may influence violence by vigilantes, and what may have influenced the alleged attackers.
Cal State San Bernardino’s Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE) recently hosted two events celebrating student entrepreneurs and business owners in the community: the Garner Holt Student Fast Pitch Competition on Nov. 14 and the Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards Gala on Nov. 22.