FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2009

For more information:
Bob Edwards
Public Relations Department Assistant
Glenville State College
Glenville, West Virginia
(304) 462-7361ext. 6390

Glenville, WV—The Glenville State College Department of Business will be joining millions of young people around the world in a growing movement of entrepreneurial people to generate new ideas and to provide a wide range of activities to inspire students during Global Entrepreneurship week November 16-22.

Countries across six continents are coming together to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination, and creativity. Global Entrepreneurship Week will connect young people everywhere through local, national, and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials, and many others will participate in a range of activities from online to face-to-face and from large-scale competitions and events to intimate networking gatherings.

Expanding on last year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, the GSC Department of business has several fun activities planned for the 2009 celebration.

The Global Fastastic Fact of the Day Contest will be held Monday, November 16th through Thursday, November 19th. Each day a global question will be emailed to all GSC students. The first student to reply with the correct response will receive a prize.

On Monday, November 16th and Tuesday, November 17th there will be a Flagtastic Trivia contest from-11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in the main entrance of Mollohan Campus Community Center (MCCC). Six flags from different countries will be on display and students can enter the contest by correctly naming the country each flag represents. The first student to correctly identify all six flags or have the most correct answers will receive $50 in Rusty Musket flex dollars. Aramark is graciously matching the GSC Department of Business’ $25 prize for a total of $50 for the contest winner. Mrs. Cinda Echard's Marketing 379 students will be hosting the contest.

On Tuesday, November17th from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Dr. Elizabeth Oppe’s Business 193 students and Students Involved in Free Enterprise (SIFE), will host Global Culturetastic and Etiquette in the MCCC Multipurpose Room. Hosted by Dr. Elizabeth Oppe, this will be a presentation on the proper culture and etiquette of conducting business in four other countries.

Globaltastic Movie Night will be held on Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 p.m. in the MCCC Multipurpose Room. GSC Assistant Professor of Sports Management, Dr. Gary Lhotsky will be hosting the screening of ‘The Pirates of Silicon Valley’ sponsored by SIFE. There will also be free pizza and soft drinks. The winner of the Flagtastic Trivia contest will be announced prior to the movie.

“The objective of the week is to create greater awareness of entrepreneurship around the globe. We hope to inspire, connect, and impact the entire campus and community by showing that entrepreneurship touches all of our lives,” said Cinda Echard, GSC Associate Professor of Business.

For more information about Global Entrepreneurship Week, contact Echard at (304) 462-7361 ext. 6257 or visit www.unleashingideas.org.