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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4472d48c-7fff-bb83-fb94-ed2f2a5d2e4b"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iona University is a private, four-year Catholic college university with two campuses in New Rochelle and Bronxville, NY located 22 miles from Midtown Manhattan. In 1940, it was founded by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and today offers more than 60 bachelor's programs and 40 minors. Iona is comprised of the School of Arts & Science, the LaPenta School of Business, Hynes Insitute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and the Kelly Health Center. In addition, the institution has approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in it.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, their mission is “to create and foster an interdisciplinary community of Iona students who engage in entrepreneurial learning opportunities to develop an entrepreneurial mindset."</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4472d48c-7fff-bb83-fb94-ed2f2a5d2e4b"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Hynes Institute also includes GaelVentures, the start-up incubator space, which was created to “support student programming at Iona College University and to serve the New Rochelle and greater Westchester area as a resource for its local entrepreneurship and business ecosystem.” GaelVentures was temporarily the home of the Hynes Institute and was the physical space for the majority of curricular and co-curricular programming. Now, the Hynes Institute is located at the center of campus, Spellman Hall where students and faculty are able to cowork and work on their business ventures. CEO, the Entrepreneurship club runs out of this space, alongside with the activities and workshops offered. GaelVentures located in downtown New Rochelle is our student and community incubator for students of all majors and backgrounds.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4472d48c-7fff-bb83-fb94-ed2f2a5d2e4b"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another feature of Iona University and the Hynes Institute is the extracurricular club that promotes entrepreneurship. CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization) at Iona - The Entrepreneurship Club, formerly known as Iona’s Entrepreneurship Club, gives students the ability to network with like minded peers from different focus areas. This helps students build teams in which each person can effectively contribute under a role, and heavily focuses on co-working and problem solving.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fea921e9-7fff-4904-c2bb-0e279c349f2e"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iona University</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is proud to partner with over 100 industry professionals across nine different departments. These programs are offered through the college’s university’s Office of Career Development. In addition to connecting students with these industry professionals, the Office of Career Development offers plenty of workshops. These workshop subjects range from Linkedin to networking.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">USASBE, the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship</span><br />USASBE is an inclusive community that advances entrepreneurship education through impactful teaching, practice, and scholarship. This association also provides many opportunities to network with researchers, policy makers, educators, entrepreneurs, and management professionals. As of March 2017, Iona College University was welcomed to their family of more than 600 college and university members. The Founding Program Director of the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Dr. Christoph Winkler, is also a contributing editor of Entrepreneurship Education & Pedagogy, a journal for USASBE.</span>