MED WEEK 2006 NIUE APPLAUDS EMERGING BUSINESS STUDENT LEADERS WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006
Released on = September 2, 2006, 5:43 pm
Press Release Author = National Institute for Urban Entrepreneurship
Industry = Non Profit
Press Release Summary = "We were elated that National Institute for Urban Entrepreneurship's student protégée mentee, Quinn Conyers, founder of Speak2Society and Howard University student, was awarded one of the top three spots in the very competitive Emerging Business Student Leaders competition, organized by Omar Muhammad of Morgan State University. We applaud Speak2Society founder Quinn Conyers in her winning business plan presentation at MED Week 2006," says Institute founder Patricia H. Lee. "Furthermore, anyone who spoke to the 48 rising stars know that they individually or collectively defy any stereotype about the potential of students of color," says Ms. Lee.
Press Release Body = MED WEEK 2006: NIUE APPLAUDS EMERGING BUSINESS STUDENT LEADERS WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006
WASHINGTON -- The 24th annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED Week 2006) Conference took place during the week of August 28th honoring entrepreneurs of color and emerging business student leaders. This year\'s conference theme was \"Mastering the Supply Chain," and included high energy, transformational speeches from George Fraser, founder of Power Networking Conferences and Robert Wallace, author of Strategic Partnerships, Black Wealth, Soul Food and the Ssese Principles and owner of The BiTH Group and a healthy supply of business to business networking.
The National Institute for Urban Entrepreneurship, during MED Week 2006, successfully mentored several emerging business student leaders, attended numerous supply chain sessions, participated in the MED Week Business Expo and power networking events. Of special note, forty eight students participated in this year's Emerging Business Leaders Summit, which was organized by Carlos Guzman, Program Manager of the EBLS. This year, NIUE mentee student protégées included, Cherylynn Shaw, from Richland College by way of Xavier University, Quinn Conyers, Howard University and Alonzo Blalock from Grambling University. "We were elated that National Institute for Urban Entrepreneurship's student protégée mentee, Quinn Conyers, founder of Speak2Society and Howard University student, was awarded one of the top three spots in the very competitive Emerging Business Student Leaders competition, organized by Omar Muhammad of Morgan State University. We applaud Speak2Society founder Quinn Conyers in her winning business plan presentation at MED Week 2006," says Institute founder Patricia H. Lee. "Furthermore, anyone who spoke to the 48 rising stars know that they individually or collectively defy any stereotype about the potential of students of color," says Ms. Lee. With much hard work and concerted efforts by Ronald Langston, the MED Week and EBLS team, the Institute commends them on a very successful conference. All of the Emerging Business Student Leaders and small businesses were recognized at the MED Week 2006 GALA Friday evening.
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