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Financial Literacy students combining their subject knowledge with public speaking, presentation skills and collaboration in team environments.
The floor of the NY Stock Exchange has been closed to visitors since 9/11. However, through professional contacts, a Harris instructor was able to arrange a class trip to the floor with a personalized, guided tour of the various de- partments of the Exchange as well as access to the trading floor to speak with money manag- ers, brokers and traders.
One student shared her passion for fulfilling her commitment to continued education despite personal hardships, which included a daily routine of getting her kids ready in the early morning, dropping them off with the grandmother, taking a bus to the Trenton train station, arriving in Hamilton and then catching a bus to school. Every morning. On time. Ready to learn. And, then finishing her school day to get to her job and then picking her kids up after work.
Harris School of Business and Health Careers has revamped its programs in response to industry demands for qualified allied health professionals. Professional Medical Assistant Plus and Health Claims Specialist Plus students receive certification preparation training and are eligible to sit for certification in Electronic Health Records as well as in their field of study. This allows for students to secure employment in their fields immediately after their internship as all medical offices are converting to electronic health records by 2016.
Harris added a 180-hour internship program to allow for real work experience of their new skills. It also allows an employer to “try out” a prospective employee.
Health Claims Specialist Plus students receive training in ICD -9 and ICD -10 as well as CPT-4 and hospital billing and coding. Profes- sional Medical Assistant Plus students receive cross training in administrative as well as clini- cal competencies to better prepare them for future employment.
The Massage Therapy Program graduates are in great demand and have their internship as an on-site component of their program. The pro- gram focuses on applications based training as well as providing a business component for those interested in setting up their own practice.
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Boosting entrepreneurship on campus
he Princeton Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee issued
a report this year recommending a broad set of initiatives to enhance entrepreneurship at the university in a way that builds on Princeton’s commitments to liberal arts education, research and public service.
The report proposes immediate steps and longer-term plans to encourage and enable entrepreneurship activity on campus and among
members of the University community. The recommendations include: creating an entrepreneurship council; providing more space for entrepreneurial activi- ties and programs; establishing an academic undergraduate certificate program; and cultivating the University’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
In their response to the report, President Christopher Eisgruber and Provost David Lee said the committee outlined a broad vision that builds on Princeton’s distinctive strengths and amplifies the core university missions of teaching and research. Eisgruber and Lee said some proposals would be implemented now, while others will receive continuing consideration as part of the University’s overall strategic planning process.
The PEAC committee of 19 alumni, faculty, staff, and students is chaired by Mung Chiang, director of the Keller Center and an Arthur LeGrand Doty Pro- fessor of Electrical Engineering.
Provost David Lee assembled this committee of faculty, students, staff and alumni to develop a set of recommendations for what actions the university can take to create an entrepreneurship “identity” at Princeton, and an environment that offers students and faculty the fullest opportunity to explore and pursue entrepreneurial paths.
“Princeton’s faculty, students, staff and alumni are increasingly interested
in exploring Princeton’s emerging role in the area of entrepreneurship,” Lee said. “This is an opportune moment to develop a broad, holistic vision for what entrepreneurship ‘the Princeton way’ could look like on campus and beyond. Such a vision will necessarily be rooted in Princeton’s strengths as a liberal arts institution and as a leading research university, and should amplify the univer- sity’s core missions of teaching and research.”
Near-term plans include:
Establishing the Princeton Entrepreneurship Council to advise university leadership on the strategic direction and evolving vision of entrepreneurship at Princeton. The council, chaired by Chiang and led by a faculty executive com- mittee, will be assisted by an administrative committee of staff and students. Opening an Entrepreneurship Hub, which will serve as an incubator space for students, faculty and alumni interested in entrepreneurship. The hub will open this summer in space leased in downtown Princeton.
Piloting entrepreneurial funding programs: an Alumni Entrepreneurs Fund to support and encourage the creative potential of young entrepreneurs; and the Tiger Challenge design competition for undergraduate students.
PEAC is particularly interested in mechanisms that “expose many” to the mindset and opportunities of entrepreneurship.
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