Two upcoming programs at Penn State New Kensington’s entrepreneurial center, The Corner, aim to open campus and community members’ minds about ideation and understanding business financial statements.
Penn State New Kensington faculty and staff listen to Stephen Leonard, senior innovation lead at Arconic, at The Corner entrepreneurial center in downtown New Kensington. The group met in January 2018 to learn more about entrepreneurship and bringing it into campus programming and classes.
Penn State New Kensington faculty and staff listen to Stephen Leonard, senior innovation lead at Arconic, at The Corner entrepreneurial center in downtown New Kensington. The group met in January 2018 to learn more about entrepreneurship and bringing it into campus programming and classes.
Penn State New Kensington plans upcoming Idea TestLab for those wanting to make their ideas a reality. The free, four-workshop series will be held at The Corner entrepreneurial center in February.
Students meet at The Corner in downtown New Kensington. The Corner Launchbox program and coworking space concepts were made possible in part by a seed grant of $150,000 from Invent Penn State, a Commonwealth-wide initiative to spur economic development, job creation and student career success, and a partnership with Westmoreland County. Penn State New Kensington used the grant to create a unique model that melds entrepreneurship, coworking space and community-driven economic development to revitalize the city. The result is the first center of its kind in Westmoreland County with the goal of being a hub of collaboration, creation and innovation in New Kensington.
Penn State President Eric Barron joined leaders from Penn State New Kensington and Westmoreland County for the grand-opening celebration of The Corner, Penn State New Kensington's new entrepreneurial center. The celebration was held Dec. 6, 2017, and featured remarks by Barron, Penn State New Kensington Chancellor Kevin Snider, the Westmoreland County Commissioners, and the mayor of New Kensington.
About 30 members of the Penn State New Kensington campus and New Kensington communities attended the first-ever workshop held at the new entrepreneurial center, The Corner, on Nov. 29.
Penn State New Kensington is preparing for the Dec. 6 grand opening of the new entrepreneurial center, The Corner, which will provide access to the Corner Launchbox entrepreneurial programming, as well as active, membership-driven co-working space.
