| Ron Snelson, right center, presents
a $5,000 check to SHSU president James F. Gaertner for
use by the SHSU Small Business Development Center. Also
participating in the presentation ceremony Monday were
Bob Barragan, right, director of the SHSU Small Business
Development Center, and Leroy Ashorn, left, associate
dean of the College of Business Administration. |
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Small Business Center Gets $5,000 Grant
The Sam Houston State University Small Business Development
Center has received a 2003 SBC Excelerator Competitive Grant
for $5,000 from the SBC Communications company.
A check for that amount was presented Monday to SHSU president
James F. Gaertner by Ron Snelson, director of external affairs
for the SBC company in this area.
SBC Excelerator seeks to fund projects that build the technology
infrastructure of nonprofits enabling them to increase their
organizational effectiveness and or service delivery capability.
The competitive grants range from $2,500 to $25,000 and are
for one year in length.
The Piney Woods Entrepreneurship and Small Business Success
Program, which began in 1993, is the project that won the
2003 SBC grant award. The grant will be used to support, educate,
and advise small business owners on all aspects of technology
and business/community applications through training seminars
designed to keep rural community business owners abreast of
global technology to be competitive.
The Piney Woods Program will emphasize "Technology and
the Future of Small Business" when it begins its 11th
year in January 2004. The program encourages economic growth
in a rural eight county area.
This year's program will concentrate on improving various
aspects of a small business's operations through the implementation
of technology and management techniques.
For more information about the Piney Woods Program, contact
Ce Cowart Schlicher,
SHSU-SBDC, at 936.294.3737 or by e-mail.
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SHSU Media Contact: Frank
Krystyniak
Oct. 14, 2003
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