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Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Host Panel on Creative Communication
Posted January 19, 2013
The Western New England University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will host a panel discussion titled “Entrepreneurship in Creative Communications” on Tuesday, January 29, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. in Sleith 100. The event is free and open to the public and lunch will be provided.
Panelists include Tina Stevens, principal and creative director at Stevens 470, Robert Andrews Jr., president and CEO of Digital Media Ventures Entertainment Group, and Janine Fondon, president and CEO of UnityFirst.com. These successful entrepreneurs will talk about their experiences starting, running, and growing their businesses. In addition, they will discuss the lessons they learned along the way and the things they wished they had known when they started out.
The Western New England University Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is a resource for small business development in the Pioneer Valley region. Combining the resources of the University’s Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and the School of Law, the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship offers personal, professional assistance to entrepreneurs in the business startup stage, free of charge through the Small Business Clinic and numerous community outreach events. For more information about the Center or the speaker series, call 413-796-2030 or visit www.wne.edu/cie.
Western New England University is a private, independent, coeducational institution founded in 1919. Located on an attractive 215-acre suburban campus in Springfield, Massachusetts, Western New England University serves 3,700 students, including 2,550 full-time undergraduate students. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs are offered through Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy, and School of Law.
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