Director Ready to Champion Entrepreneurship as Ed Program for K-12
Ann Marie Marshall, state director of the Rhode Island MicroEnterprise Association returned from the 20th Annual Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education energized by the national movement to include business development programs in curriculum across all grade levels. At the four-day conference held in Charlotte, N.C., Marshall learned that other parts of the country are well ahead of the East in building educational programs around entrepreneurship. "It's a fast-growing movement to get entrepreneurship into all high school, K-12 and community colleges," Marshall says. "I intend to look into implementing new state legislation to recognize entrepreneurship education, and get programs into the curriculum in all 70 of the state's high schools."
While at the conference that included delegations from Japan, England, and Canada as well as all 50 states, Marshall received certification for 16 hours of professional training on entrepreneurship curriculum, policies, new funding resources and political issues surrounding the subject.

New Grads Make Transformation into Potential Small Business Owners
A new location has been added to the sites where courses are offered in the Starting Your Own Business program taught by the Rhode Island MicroEnterprise Association. Instructor Matt Kenney from the Larry Friedman International Center for Entrepreneurship at Johnson & Wales University recently completed the first training session offered at the International Charter School, 334 Pleasant St. in Pawtucket. Graduates from the charter school's first class are Sheila Haggerty Craig, Maria R.T.F.B. Jaroma, Yuliswarsih S. Manuntun, Bernatdette W. Santoso, Shanthi Muthu, Bridgette Padmore-Hooke, Jeffrey A. Walsh, James A. Blackwell, and Nzinga Misgana.
The first MicoEnterprise graduation at the Tranformational Leadership Center of New England in Portsmouth was held on Saturday, Sept. 28. Graduates included Karen Ennis, Marcie Hallam, Vicki Lynch, Michael Lalli, Saralee Leary, Lisa Wallace, Linda A. Poggenpohl, Terry Wildermann and Renee Fullerton.
Youth participating in workshops offered at AS220 on Broad Street in Providence recently graduated in a class that included Nisha Purushotham, Laura Rubin, Chandelle Wilson, Jason Magnon, Jason McBride, Kareem Caines, Teryl Foster and Sam Seidel.
Graduates from the September workshops held at Progresso Latino in Pawtucket are Francisco Saldarriaga, Suz Mendoza, Oscar Osorio Rojo, Jhon Sanchez, Fabiola Arenas, Bonnye S. Ojeda, IsaiasFuentes, Olza Mendoza. Graduating in the October class were Alfonso Crisistomo, Jorge I. Rincon, José A. Cruz, Margarita Jimenez, Maria Christina Bet, Esther Marina Acevedo, Ruby Monsalve, Eucario Guerrero, and Martha Ligia Osario Vilazquez.

MicroEnterprise Program Alumnus Takes His Mission to the State House
Congratulations to Juan Pichardo for his election to a seat as senator in the Rhode Island Legislature representing Providence District Two. Among his other accomplishments, Juan is a graduate of the Starting Your Own Business program held at the International Center by the R.I. MicroEnterprise Association.

Cranston High Schoolers Explore Entrepreneurship as a Career Option
On Monday, Nov. 12 another group of 16 students from the Cranston Area Career & Technical Center toured the Larry Friedman International Center for Entrepreneurship at Johnson & Wales. The visitors learned about the center's programs and the value of entrepreneurship as a career options built on personal interests and independence. Among the high school seniors in marketing and finance programs who visited were Kristen Coutu, Gregory Cucdino, Joshua Keenan, Christopher Lake, Sam Lugo, Gary McNally, Kristina Pera, Zacharie Prete, Antigone Reyes, Justine Santos, John Silva, Erica Saino, Michael Plummer, Victor Guerrero, Anthony Barone and Brian Palumbo.

Pawtuxet Valley Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Prichard, busy completing his Community Service Learning credits working with MicroEnterprise Program Director Ann Marie Marshall, won two raffle prizes while participating in the Pawtucket Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Expo and Job Fair in West Warwick on October 24th.

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