Student Engagement
Helping Students Explore Entrepreneurial Opportunities
At Wilkes-Barre LaunchBox, we are all about engaging students from our area schools and Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus to explore entrepreneurial opportunities.
- Teen Entrepreneur Challenge
- Dual Enrollment Courses
- FBLA Leadership & Entrepreneurship Workshop
- Business and Entrepreneurship Club
Teen Entrepreneur Challenge
Students explore their passions and identify problems in the community, discover personal strengths and limitations, develop business ideas, and learn how to articulate and act on them. The challenge concludes with a pitch competition, where students present their ideas to a panel of judges.
- Identify problems that need solving
- Learn to think strategically
- Design business solutions
- Present a business pitch
- Gain resources to support entrepreneurship
- Ask how you can earn college credit for participating
Dual Enrollment Classes
Through experiential exercises and problem-based learning the student will be afforded the opportunity to study, apply and absorb an entrepreneurial mindset as an approach to viewing the world, to recognizing opportunities and to developing novel solutions while exploring the college experience.
Current Offering: LA135N College, Work, and Citizenship in the 21st Century.
FBLA Leadership Event
One day immersive leadership event with an emphasis on life and entrepreneurial skill development with local FBLA leaders.
Business and Entrepreneurship Club
On campus club which emphasizes team development and entrepreneurial immersion among students of all majors. Club members take part in many networking conferences, events and take part in competitions.
Interesting in meeting with someone about your idea? We’d love to hear what you’re working on.