Entrepreneurs - Grove City College

MOMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Grove City College Community,
Our theme for this issue is entrepreneurship. The word encompasses
many attributes and attitudes. It begins with an idea, an idea fueled
with personal passion that when expanded, presents risk and
opportunity. Failure is familiar to those who are entrepreneurs. And while an idea
might prove successful on its founding, such is not the usual initial journey. The
ability and tenacity to move forward, sometimes again and again, is what sets the
entrepreneur apart. The successes are also the stories of our nation. In part it is
what has made us great. Fueled by hard-to-raise private capital and, yes, federal
funding (think of NASA’s journey to space and the private sector opportunities
that quest created), entrepreneurship has lifted living standards, extended life and
provided goods and services that compete in today’s world markets. Before there
was Ford Motor Company, there was Henry Ford, the entrepreneur; and before
there was Microsoft there was Harvard dropout Bill Gates working on his dream.
Entrepreneurship is a significant major at the College. We have close to 70
students taking the courses that prepare them to execute their dreams. Whether
contemplating a new start-up or joining a great corporation and coming up with
a new idea in that setting, entrepreneurially trained students from Grove City
College stand ready to perform in the great marketplace of goods and services.
With the above as background, our entrepreneurship program is thriving.
Not only are our students gaining real-world experience in the field, but thanks
to a partnership with Highmark, our students can now avail themselves of
the VentureLab@LindenPointe, a small business incubator in Hermitage, Pa.
Additionally, a second incubator is opening this fall in Olde Town Grove City,
which will allow our students to formulate, launch and market their own start-up
businesses. A keystone of our Grove City Matters capital campaign, The Center for
Entrepreneurship & Innovation is more active than ever in helping launch our
students’ ideas into both the economic marketplace as well as the marketplace
of ideas.
In sum, we look forward to preparing future entrepreneurs, and that is a
promise, for that is also an important part of the future of our nation.
Richard G. Jewell ’67
President
EDITORIAL BOARD
Jeffrey Prokovich ’89
Vice President for Advancement
Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod
Senior Director of Alumni and College Relations
EDITORIAL STAFF
Randy Cole ’04
Managing Editor
Janice (Zinsner ’87) Inman
Associate Editor, Class Notes, In Memory, Babies
Michael Baker ’09
Associate Editor, Upfront
ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE
Tricia Corey
Megan Krimmel ’08
Charlene (Griffin ’83) Shaw
Jami Darlington
SPORTS INFORMATION
Ryan Briggs ’01
DESIGN
Justin Harbaugh
Designer
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Allyson (Baird ’88) Sveda, President
Gerald Bullock ’92, Vice President
Cover photograph by Rob Davidson
Contents photos: Tiffany Wolfe Photography,
Elisabeth Anderson ’14, Richard Christman ’14,
Connor Foley ’16, Kristen Hall ’14,
Brittany Peachey ’14, Peter vanderWal ’13
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