12-22-2005

Students Extending Technology in Appalachia
In an ongoing partnership with the communities of the Clearfork Valley area near Middlesboro, Berea College’s Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program collaborated with the college’s Information Systems and Support (IS&S) program to secure five Dell laptop computers for the Clearfork Community Institute’s Cyber Café. The contribution follows two student-led service projects in 2004 and 2005 involving the renovation of the Institute. [ Read More ]

9-26-2005

Students Become Agents of Change
Excitement, energy and entrepreneurship abounded on campus over the summer as 15 students completed the Entrepreneurship for the Public Good’s eight-week Summer Institute. This year’s theme was Gandhi’s “Be the Change You Wish to See.” Through classroom presentations and field trips throughout the Appalachian region, EPG Fellows developed business and leadership skills and applied them to community partner projects in Estill and Wolfe Counties in KY and Clearfork Valley, TN. Trips to southeastern KY and Cincinnati broadened students’ knowledge of community economic development and social entrepreneurship. [ Read More ]

8-1-2005

EPG Students Tour Appalachian Entrepreneurships
Sixteen students from BC’s Entrepreneurship for the Public Good program (EPG) recently departed from Berea on a journey from the classroom to the ‘real world.’ The group traveled to more than six cities around Southeastern Kentucky, for a tour that included 10 of the state’s leading entrepreneurial companies to see how they could apply their classroom knowledge to a community. EPG co-director, Debbi Brock, commented, “In this tour, we wanted to get the students connected to the Appalachian region. We wanted them to see entrepreneurs in Southeastern Kentucky and see how they’re making positive change within the community.” Shawn Kennedy, a junior theatre major said about the field trip, “it was interesting to experience Appalachian entrepreneurs with other fellows not from the region. Seeing the positive impact these entrepreneurs have made is enlightening.” [ Read More ]

4-28-2005

Students Meet Social Entrepreneur
Dr. Eboo Patel, director of Interfaith Youth Core (IYC), visited the Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) offices on April 28th to speak with Berea College students who wanted to learn more about Social Entrepreneurship. [ Read More ]

1-19-2005

Lexington entrepreneur discusses challenges
Berea College—In business, as in life, you “have to have something that inspires you deep down.” Phil Wilkins, owner of Diverse Wealth Systems and Rising Star, Inc. of Lexington, offered these and other words of wisdom to students attending the “Challenges in Entrepreneurship” luncheon on January 10th. The program was cosponsored by Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) and the Black Cultural Center and drew students from a diverse range of academic studies. [ Read More ]

9-1-2004

EPG Fellows win Business Concept Competition
Berea College was represented at Eastern Kentucky University Student Enterprise Group’s (SEG) Business Concept Competition at EKU on September 14. Sophomore Business Administration major, Esther White, took second place in the competition, and recent Business Administration graduate, Chris Backe, placed fourth. White’s concept, Children for Children, is a nonprofit organization that sells children’s artwork in galleries to raise money for summer camps in poor Appalachian communities. [ Read more ]