Director - PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship

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• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus mental health support
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• Additional Perks: Wellness programs, commuter benefits, and a vibrant company culture

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HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND PNC NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

BACKGROUND  

The National Center will serve as a hub for HBCUs to enhance instruction and provide real-world learning opportunities for students across the campuses and provide opportunities for faculty to engage in interdisciplinary scholarly research.  In addition, the National Center would be a significant resource not only to the Universities, but also the community in areas of innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, technology commercialization and regional technological and economic development. A major focus for the National Center and its regional HBCU partners is to engage the black business community in growing their enterprises, thereby having a positive impact on the community and increasing employment and wealth for the black community.   

The mission of the Howard University and PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship is to be a national resource for black businesses and entrepreneurship education at HBCUs across the country. Further, the National Center will seek to collaborate, communicate, and work with historically Black colleges and universities and their business community to enhance black business growth and successes. The National Center for Entrepreneurship will seek to advance the best practices and be a thought leader in research and practice of entrepreneurship for African American students and business owners.   

Howard University’s location and its long-held commitment to the study of disadvantaged persons in American society and throughout the world, and its goal to eliminate inequities related to race, color, social, economic, and political circumstances, make it the epicenter for the building a support infrastructure for entrepreneurship.  

Continuing Howard University’s unwavering quest to balance the scales for the disenfranchised, and promote an America that is devoid of inequalities, the Howard University and PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship equips students and the supporting communities with the skills to thrive as entrepreneurs.  

Howard University has entered a strategic partnership with PNC Foundation to positively impact the diversity of entrepreneurship through enhancing education, research, advocacy, and service opportunities. The activities of this center will focus on building impactful, creative, and innovative solutions to ensure that the entrepreneurs are more our changing demographics across the nation.  

The programs developed under the direction of the School of Business will be rooted in the experiential education model which aligns with Howard University’s workforce development. We recognize that traditional classroom instruction is critically i