ESTEAM Pitch Competition Winner Highlight, Nine Lives Phone Case
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-118-nine-lives-scott-miller-esteam-pitch-competition/id1449605646?i=1000549084840 In December 2021, EntreEd and the Appalachian Regional Commission partnered to bring the ESTEAM Pitch Competition to middle- and high-school students across Appalachia. The pitch competition provided students the opportunity to ignite their entrepreneurial mindset and engage in meaningful entrepreneurship experiences within their local community. Seventh-grade students, Madison Blankenship, Emelyn Bumgarner, Emma Miller, and […]
ESTEAM Pitch Competition Ignites Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Appalachian Students
Last month, EntreEd and the Appalachian Regional Commission partnered to bring the ESTEAM Pitch Competition to middle- and high-school students across Appalachia. The pitch competition provided students the opportunity to ignite their entrepreneurial mindset and engage in meaningful entrepreneurship experiences within their local community. For some students this was their first experience with entrepreneurship education. […]
Mr. Gibson Brings ESTEAM to Life for Eastern Kentucky Students
In October 2019, The National Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education (EntreEd), was awarded an Appalachian Regional Commission POWER grant for the Fostering Self ESTEAM in Appalachia’s Emerging Workforce project. The project helps middle and high schools in a seven-state region infuse Entrepreneurship into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) initiatives. By targeting middle and high […]
Igniting the Entrepreneurial Flame in Students
Jackson City School in Breathitt County, Kentucky has continually been an exemplar of sustaining entrepreneurial culture through sharing EntreEd’s mission and the America’s Entrepreneurial School Program with their students. The school hails from a small, independent district and serves K-12 students in one building, but the impact that they are making on their students’ futures […]
Inaugural Cohort of EntreEd’s Master Teacher Program Begins in Chattanooga, TN
On July 21-22, 2021, EntreEd hosted a Master Teacher Certification in Chattanooga, TN. Over fifty educators from seven Appalachian states (KY, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV) attended and engaged in two full days of experiential learning. The opportunity was made possible by a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Claude Worthington Benedum […]
North Carolina Educators Share ESTEAM Pitch Contest Series Experiences
EntreEd and six regional partners worked together to bring the ESTEAM Pitch Series to local middle- and high-school students in Appalachia. The pitch series provided students the opportunity to ignite their entrepreneurial mindset and engage in meaningful entrepreneurship experiences within their local community. North Carolina educators, Scott Miller (Smokey Mountain Elementary) and Tonia Forrister (Murphy […]
Judging the Cherokee County Smart Tank Competition
By EntreEd Regional Director, Laura McCall As we like to say with entrepreneurship, opportunity recognition is key. I was invited in early May to serve as a judge in the Cherokee County, NC, Murphy High School Smart Tank. I am so glad I participated! In working with students, I am often amazed by their creativity […]
West Virginia Business Educator Shares ESTEAM Pitch Contest Series Experience
EntreEd and six regional partners worked together to bring the ESTEAM Pitch Series to local middle- and high-school students in Appalachia. The pitch series provided students the opportunity to ignite their entrepreneurial mindset and engage in meaningful entrepreneurship experiences within their local community. Sarah Dennison, a business teacher at Braxton County High School in Flatwoods, […]
EntreEd’s Executive and Program Directors Graduate from ANRC Cohort Training Program
EntreEd’s Gene Coulson and Toi Hershman were among 88 participants who graduated from the inaugural class of the Appalachia Nonprofit Resource Center’s Cohort Training Program. This intensive coaching initiative, sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission and administered by Hargrove International, Inc., provided representatives from 53 organizations tailored instruction on how to navigate funding, operational and […]
ESTEAM Pitch Contest Engages Appalachian Students with Entrepreneurial Experiences
EntreEd and six regional partners, Pierpont CTC (WV), Hazard CTC (KY), Big Sandy CTC (KY), Southeast KY CTC, Roane State CC (TN), and Western Region Education Service Alliance (NC), partnered to bring the ESTEAM Pitch Series to local middle- and high-school students in Appalachia. The pitch series provided students the opportunity to ignite their entrepreneurial […]
