Join us for a variety of events that will inspire, update, and connect you with entrepreneurial thinkers and doers from on and off campus, from inside and outside of PVCC. All events are held in PVCC and are open to all students and the public.
There is no fee to attend. Please attend as many activities as your schedule will permit.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2
9:00AM - 10:15AM Why doesn’t my Cash Flow = Net Income?
Presenter: Prof. Robert McCanless
Format: In-person
Room: J-140
10:30AM – 11:45AM The Art of Innovation
Presenter: Dr. Kishore Dash
Format: In-person in EEC (K-117)
1:00PM - 2:00PM Innovation Challenge Information
Presenter: Dr. Kishore Dash
Format: In-person, EEC (K-117)
THURSDAY, APRIL 3
8:30AM - 9:45AM Learning PowerPoint Skills to Showcase Your Ideas
Presenter: Dr. Raji Lauffer
Format: In-person
Room: E-134 (Computer Commons Classroom)
9:00AM - 10:15AM The Theory of Games
Presenter: Dr. Brian Goegan
Format: In-person
Room: J-136
10:30AM - 11:30AM Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks
Presenter: Prof. David Bradley
Format: Virtual (Google meet by invitation)
MONDAY, APRIL 7
10:30AM – 11:25AM Entrepreneurship & Innovation Week Keynote Event
Introduction: Dr. Kishore Dash and Prof. Lynn Clark, Chair, Business/IT Division
Welcome: Dr. Jana Schwartz, President, PVCC
Speaker Introduction: Dr. Sean Petty, Interim Dean of Career & Technical Education
Keynote Speaker: Carrie Martz, President, Carrie Consulting
Format: In-Person, KSC (1000A)
11:25AM – 11:35AM The Future of Work Challenge - SolveCC
Presenter: Dr. Caron Sada
Format: In-person
Room: KSC (1000A)
TUESDAY April 8
9:00AM – 10:15AM Marketing Innovation
Presenter: Mayor Lester Peterson
Format: In-person
Room: J-139
1:00PM – 2:00PM Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Mindset: Pathways to Innovation and Success
Presenter: Dominic Bartola
Format: In-person
Room: E-132 (Computer Commons)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9
10:30AM – 11:20AM Career Panel
Coordinator: Judy DuSell
Panel Speakers: Eric Kilstrom and Alexis Peterson
Format: In-person EEC K-117
11:20AM – 11:30AM USAA Insurance Program
Presenter: Dr. Sean Petty, Interim Dean of Career & Technical Education
Format: In-person EEC K-117
11:30AM – 12:30PM Job Fair for BEM (Business, Entrepreneurialism, and Management) FOI
Sponsored by Career Services, In-person, Puma Café in KSC Building Student Welcome Center
12:30PM – 1:45PM Dutch Tulip Mania in Art and Commerce
Presenter: Prof. Tomi Johnston
Format: In-person
Room: M-110
3:30PM – 5:00PM Object Oriented Programming and Data Structure
Presenter: Prof. Joshua Frisby
Format: In-person
Room: E-136
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
1:00PM – 3:00PM SDBC: Do you have a business dream small or big?
(1 -2pm Arts Focus, 2 -3pm Any Startup Focus)
Coordinator: Dr. Caron Sada
Presenters: Nancy Sanders, Program Director, Maricopa SBDC and Carol Pool, Business Analyst, SBDC
Format: In-person
Room: CTLEE (E-125)
2:00PM - 3:00PM PVCC Winner’s Circle: Competing to Succeed-How Did I Do It?
Coordinator: Prof. Robert McCanless
Facilitators: Dr. Dina Preston-Ortiz and Mike Ho
Panelists: Micaela Lawless (PVCC Innovation Challenge and Big Pitch Winner);
America Ortiz (City of Phoenix Grant Winner);
Montserrat Rosario Nunez, Matthew Mouritsen, and Foday Kromah (AZ Collegiate DECA ACDC Winners)
Format: Fireside Chatting
Room: The EEC (K117) In-person