FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
| Peter von Bleichert, Ph.D Professor, Business College of San Mateo (650) 574-6266 vonbleichertp@smccd.edu |
Rebecca Corbin, Ed.D. President and CEO NACCE (856) 404-0388 corbin@nacce.org |
CSM Wins National Entrepreneurship Award
San Mateo, California—On Monday, April 24, 2017, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) announced that College of San Mateo had won the Presidents for Entrepreneurship Pledge College of Excellence award.
“The Presidents for Entrepreneurship Pledge serves as the foundation for entrepreneurial leadership in our member colleges,” said Rebecca Corbin, Ed.D. president and CEO of NACCE. “If you are doing innovative work, you deserve to be recognized as part of our best-practice examples on a national level.”
Led by business professor Peter von Bleichert, Ph.D and added to the college’s curriculum in 2016, the Entrepreneurship certificate of specialization prepares students for success in starting and operating new enterprises throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. “This is an honor for our program, validation of our efforts, and inspiration for our students,” said Dr. von Bleichert.
Students in the program have frequently been recognized for their achievements, including first and third place finishes in the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office’s 2016 Taste of Success Business Plan Pitch competition, as well as regional Silicon Valley finalist in this year’s competition, currently in progress. “Our student entrepreneurs are doing amazing work,” said Michael Claire, president of College of San Mateo. “They represent the future for economic vitality in our community, and this NACCE College of Excellence award recognizes our role in preparing them for that future.”
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College of San Mateo is a fully-accredited, comprehensive California community college serving approximately 10,000 students. Since 1922, the college has been a gateway to higher education leading to university transfer, career preparation and advancement, and professional and personal development. CSM offers 79 associate degree majors and 75 certificate programs. The campus is located at the northern corridor of Silicon Valley on a beautiful 153-acre site that overlooks San Francisco Bay.
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The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) is a member organization of over 300 community colleges representing nearly 2,000 staff. Presidents, educators, administrators and center directors are focused on inciting entrepreneurship in their community and on their campus. NACCE has two main goals:
- Empower the college to approach the business of leading a community college with an entrepreneurial mindset; and
- Grow the community college’s role in supporting job creation and entrepreneurs in their local ecosystem.
For more information, visit www.nacce.com.