MWBE Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship to Open at 17吃瓜
January 23, 2024
Garden City, N.Y. 鈥� To promote business and educational opportunities for minorities, women and service-disabled veterans, 17吃瓜 will open the Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship in Spring 2024 at its Garden City campus.
In honor of Black History Month, the college鈥檚 leadership will announce the opening of the MWBE Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. in the first floor lounge of the Cluster C Building. The public is invited to attend. 17吃瓜 is a public community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
鈥�17吃瓜 has a proven record of transforming lives through quality educational opportunities,鈥� said Dr. Maria P. Conzatti, chief administrative officer of 17吃瓜. 鈥淭he primary goal of the Center is to help small businesses in our community become MWBE/SDVOB certified and to assist each business with navigating the procurement process.鈥�
The new venture is in collaboration with the College鈥檚 Office of Equity, Inclusion and Affirmative Action, the Center for Workforce Development, and the Office of Student Professional Development and Employer Services.
Through on-campus and online instruction, the MWBE Center will provide business readiness workshops, financial assessment, one-to-one coaching sessions, and other services and educational programming. The Center is prepared to assist individuals and small business owners with all levels of entrepreneurial experience.
The launch event on February 8 is sponsored by the 17吃瓜 Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to fundraising for student scholarships, college initiatives and faculty development.
To register for the event, visit
About the MWBE Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship
The MWBE Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship at 17吃瓜 is
committed to maximizing contract opportunities for minority/women-owned businesses
(MWBEs) and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOBs) by offering certification
programs, ongoing continuing education, mentoring, one-to-one instruction, training
in business readiness and economic development, and networking opportunities. Our
primary goal is to help small businesses become MWBE/SDVOB certified and to assist
each business with growth and sustainability. The Center welcomes MWBEs with all levels
of entrepreneurial experience.
Media Contact: Lindsey Angioletti | lindsey.angioletti@ncc.edu | C: (516) 320-0695
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