April 12, 2021
Achievers

Founder of Design Museum Everywhere to Speak at 'Entrepreneurship in the Arts'

The founder and executive director of Design Museum Everywhere, Sam Aquillano, M.B.A., will engage with students at “Entrepreneurship in the Arts: How entrepreneurial thinking led to the creation . . .

March 17, 2021
Achievers

Lenny Tran ’23 Continues Building Shoe Restoration Company in IDEA Accelerator Program

  In 2018, sophomore business major Lenny Tran ordered a pair of shoes, not expecting it to change the course of his life. When they arrived, he gingerly opened the orange Nike treasure . . .

February 9, 2021
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IDEA Accelerator Program Jump Starts Entrepreneurial Thinking in Students

Students eager to stretch their entrepreneurial wings can receive support from Worcester State’s IDEA Accelerator, a new program taking place this semester. According to Director of . . .

January 26, 2021
Achievers

Far From Home, Quynh Doan ’21 Overcomes Difficulties With Positivity

  When the campus shut down in March 2020 due to COVID-19, Quynh Doan ’21 found herself in a precarious situation. Home is more than 8,500 miles away for the international student from . . .

May 5, 2020
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Olivia Antonelli ’20 wins Next Big Idea Contest for Laundry Detergent Vending Machine

Education major Olivia Antonelli ’20 won $5,000 and first prize in the Robert K. O’Brien ’58 Next Big Idea competition for her plan to create Simply Green Vending, an eco-friendly way to . . .

April 28, 2020
Achievers

Next Big Idea Finalists Will Make a Pitch for $5,000 Grand Prize

The six finalists in the Robert K. O’Brien ’58 Next Big Idea Contest will give their final pitches to a panel of judges on Thursday, April 30, at 4 p.m. through a live Zoom conference call, with . . .

Next Big Idea Competition 2018
December 18, 2018
Achievers

Next Big Idea Contest Winners Want to Help You Park on Campus

If necessity is the mother of invention, three students can thank Worcester State’s notorious parking challenges for helping them win $2,000 in an annual business proposal pitch contest. Jacklyn . . .

Derek Canton
October 1, 2018
Achievers

Derek Canton ’15 Challenges Incoming Students to Change the World

Entrepreneur Derek Canton ’15 challenged incoming first-year and transfer students to find their passion and “be crazy enough to think you can change the world,” during the keynote address at . . .

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