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DALLAS, Pa. — Penn State Wilkes-Barre and its LaunchBox are supporting entrepreneurship beginning at the high school level through programming and partnerships in the region. The campus has hosted a Teen Entrepreneurial Challenge the last few summers, with high school students attending a one-week accelerated program to learn the basics of entrepreneurship while exploring their ideas. In 2023, the program was an in-person event through Penn State Wilkes-Barre. The prior year, it was held virtually in connection with Penn State Hazleton. This year’s Teen Entrepreneurial Challenge includes five sessions of business mentoring and coaching, led by Penn State entrepreneurship educators and local...

Registration for new fall session of Idea TestLab now open; applications accepted through Aug. 31 Left photo: Tom Dubreuil poses as Santa Claus. Right photo: Michelle Mecham, right, and her wife, Arlene Kalkowsky, at the Hinterlands Local Food stand. Credit: Tom Dubreuil and Michelle Mecham. All Rights Reserved. AUGUST 14, 2023 By Goldie Van Horn Idea TestLab, a program sponsored by the Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Lehigh Valley LaunchBoxes, has contributed to the success of two growing small businesses. The program is starting a new session in the fall at no cost. Idea TestLab is an opportunity for members of...

Maxwell Phillips, Penn State Scranton; Parkston Meyers, Penn State Scranton; and Nicholas Kline, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, present their project "Gamer Realities" to a team of judges in the final round of the tecBRIDGE Business Plan Competition. Credit: Penn State Wilkes-Barre. All Rights Reserved. APRIL 21, 2023 By Goldie Van Horn A student from Penn State Wilkes-Barre is part of a team that has been named business plan competition finalists. Nicholas Kline, a junior majoring in business with a concentration in accounting, was part of the team selected as finalists in the 21st annual tecBRIDGE Business Plan Competition Collegiate Division with its project titled...

DALLAS, Pa. — Industry executives, economic development professionals, community leaders and educators are invited to attend a forum at Penn State Wilkes-Barre that will focus on the federal CHIPS and Science Act designed to revitalize the domestic semiconductor industry. The forum is part of PennTap’s Northeastern PA Technology, Economy, Community (TEC) Talks, designed in partnership with local industries, nonprofit organizations, Penn State faculty and Penn State Commonwealth Campuses in the region to spur discussion on emerging technologies and their potential to drive the regional economy, as well as identify use-inspired research and workforce education needs. The event is sponsored by...

DALLAS, Pa. — Business students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre had two opportunities to present what they learned to a public audience during the late fall semester, demonstrating their knowledge and skills gained through the business program at the campus. “Penn State Wilkes-Barre students are doing excellent work in the entrepreneurial space,” said Stephanie Gresh, assistant teaching professor of business and coordinator of the IDEA Hub and other Invent Penn State initiatives. “The International World Café and the presentation students gave as part of the business administration class were examples of student-integrated course projects connected to Invent Penn State.” Invent Penn...