UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Center for Penn State Student Entrepreneurship (CPSSE) recently earned an award from an international organization of university educators and leaders for promoting entrepreneurship activity and education across the entire University.
Each year, the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) gathers to collaborate and share best practices among its 250 international university-based entrepreneurship programs. This year’s annual conference on Oct. 29 and 30 (held virtually) saw CPSSE awarded first place in the category “Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines.” CPSSE was a finalist in the same category in 2019.
CPSSE was created by a multidisciplinary faculty team in 2009 to give students easier access to entrepreneurship learning, no matter their major or college. Over the last four years, approximately 8,500 students…