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Professor Tommy White was Featured in an Inside Higher Ed Article

Professor White and the work of the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship were both highlighted in "Scaling Up: Expanding Entrepreneurship Across Campus."


 

The article dives deep into the work of the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship (VCE) at American University and its role in cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit among students. 

  • The VCE's business incubator program supports thirty student-led business ventures at any given time.
  • The entrepreneurship center often attracts attention and involvement from AU alumni, who express that they wish they had the same resource when they were students.
  • The ventures that began at the VCE have collectively earned over $10 million in revenue. 

Professor White says: "The program has grown significantly, evolving from a cross-campus catalyst promoting the entrepreneurial mindset to a fully integrated cross-campus community of entrepreneurs and innovators at AU." 

Read the article here.