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2017 Business Plan Competition Winners

2017 Business Plan Competition Winners

In March of 2017, Penn State Schuylkill hosted its first Business Plan Competition, awarding start-up funds to seven of ten competitors.

Top row, from left to right:

  • Joe Medica, On Target Archery
  • Andrew Savakinas, Parts Online Network
  • Carmen Cicioni, Car Men Restorations
  • John Matulevich, Ruthless Athletics
  • Jamie and Joseph Anczarski, Analog Archaeology

Bottom row, from left to right:

  • Mariann Young, Beauty and the Beads
  • Karen Shiffert and Stacey Lehman, Caregivers Aide, LLC
2019 Business Plan Competition Participants

2019 Business Plan Competition Participants

The most recent Business Plan Competition occurred in spring 2019 in Penn State Schuylkill's John E. Morgan Auditorium. The competition attracted five participants, four of whom were awarded startup funds for their small businesses.

From left to right:

  • Angel Cicero, Cicero's Crafts
  • Lillian Stoyer, Project 4 Love
  • Erin Portland, Schuylkill Grantworks, LLC
  • Stephen Goodale, Noteworthy Automation
  • Devon Paderewski, Greenway Apiaries
LionPATH 9.2 Student View screenshot

LionPATH 9.2 Student View

The LionPATH Development and Maintenance Organization has made additional updates to the student view to better accommodate students’ needs. Informed by web analytics, student surveys, and usability testing, the new screen design features improved usability and gives more real estate to the items that students reported are most important to them when they log in to LionPATH.

LionPATH 9.2 Student Photos

LionPATH 9.2 Student Photos

LionPATH will now incorporate each student’s photo, as it appears on their Penn State id+ card, making it easy for faculty, advisers, and other staff who work with a large number of students to identify them.

LionPATH 9.2 Student Photos

LionPATH 9.2 Student Photos

LionPATH will now incorporate each student’s photo, as it appears on their Penn State id+ card, making it easy for faculty, advisers, and other staff who work with a large number of students to identify them.

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Aimee Eckley Avatar

Presenter Aimee Eckley, interactive media director of The Republican Herald and Shamrock Digital Group, has over 19 years of experience working with small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). She’ll share the best tips and ready-to-implement strategies you’ll need to make marketing successful!