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Students present during the mHealth Challenge

Cross-college teams pitch health-focused mobile apps in mHealth Challenge

11/19/18

Ten intercollege teams of enterprising students recently pitched ideas for innovative mobile health applications during Penn State’s mHealth Challenge. The challenge tasked student teams with developing a mobile application prototype that addresses a societal health need associated with a specific target audience.

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GEW Penn State orchestrates town and gown events for entrepreneurs

11/2/17

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Penn State is set to bring entrepreneurs from campus and community together the week of Nov. 12–16. GEW Penn State events will take place on 15 Commonwealth Campuses, including University Park, and aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policy makers and start-up champions around the world.

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mHealth Challenge inspires students to address mental illness

12/7/16

To provide support for those dealing with mental illness, students in the Department of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State and other majors worked together to create a concept for an app that encourages its users to seek mental health help in a safe and confidential way.

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Global Entrepreneurship Week set for Nov. 14-17 at Penn State Altoona

11/4/16

Penn State Altoona will hold several activities and events as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 14-17. Global Entrepreneurship Week is the annual celebration of Penn State's year-round commitment to innovation. It brings together students, faculty, staff, and community members to promote the entrepreneurial spirit and cultivate student start-ups.

Vaughn Holderman, Chasing Trophy Fish

Penn State SBDC helped student entrepreneurs reel in customers in 2015

4/27/16

Vaughn Holderman’s lures may bring in the fish with ease, but responding to a sudden demand on his business -- Chasing Trophy Fish -- became a challenge. That’s when he turned to the Penn State Small Business Development Center (SBDC). The Penn State SBDC offers entrepreneurs free services to evaluate business plans, provide market research and clarify regulations specific to businesses in Pennsylvania.

Taylor Mitcham washes the car

Are you a student who wants to start a business? Here's a success story

11/7/14

Taylor Mitcham, a senior in mining engineering, was not looking to start a business last winter. Her car needed a wash but as a busy college student, Mitcham didn’t want to waste time sitting in a tunnel car wash. However, she didn’t have a hose at her apartment to clean it herself. She became determined to find a more cost and time efficient way to clean her car.