Female Alumnae Entrepreneurs Visit Stetson To Inspire Future Women Entrepreneurs
Stetson’s new Entrepreneurial Group (SEG) is sponsoring a Round Table event Wednesday, April 8, at 6 p.m., featuring six successful alumnae chosen to inspire future entrepreneurs to follow through with their own promotional business ideas.
You Don’t Have to Play It SAFE (Stetson Alumnae Female Entrepreneurs) Round Table is open to the public, free of charge. It will be held in the Rinker Auditorium, first floor, Lynn Business Center, 345 N. Woodland Blvd., on the DeLand campus. It will feature the following Stetson alumnae:
Tiffany Kechler Liashek
Reatha Johnson
“Dr. (Gary) Oliphant and I are now working in the Department of Management, Entrepreneurship and Family Business,” said Rebecca Oliphant, Ph.D., associate professor in the Prince Entrepreneurship Program, “and we want to showcase our young Stetson grads who are entrepreneurs.”
“In early February a group of entrepreneurs who worked in franchising or owned at least one franchise visited Stetson and the auditorium was overflowing with students,” Oliphant explained. “There was standing room only to hear the topic of how to run your own business; it is of great interest to all students,” she said.
The goal is to offer entrepreneurship classes across disciplinary lines including music, history, digital arts and computer sciences for entrepreneurship, and there are more courses in the planning stages. “Having these women come and speak about their businesses and their success will be another large step toward reaching our goal,” she said.
“Many young women at Stetson currently are excited by the challenges of owning their own business someday,” said Oliphant. “With information and stories about what it really takes to start, coming from each of the entrepreneur participants, they will be one step closer,” she said.
By Grace Aguda
