Southeast Community College President Dr. Jack Huck was presented the Entrepreneurial Presidents Award during the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship’s 9th Annual Conference in Portland, Ore. This award is presented to a college president who embraces entrepreneurial thinking and supports entrepreneurship education throughout the community.
In 2004, Huck and other SCC personnel began discussing the development of entrepreneurship at the College. When the former Gallup building in Lincoln became available, which is now the current site of the SCC Entrepreneurship Center, Huck said meeting the entrepreneurial needs of the College’s 15-county district was a huge consideration.
In March 2006, SCC opened its Entrepreneurship Center at 285 S. 68th St. Place in Lincoln. Ten months later it hosted its first business incubator. Today the Center is a full-service resource hub providing business coaching, entrepreneurship education, community outreach, and business incubation. The building also is home to the Lincoln Public Schools Entrepreneurship Focus Program.
The latest venture was announced earlier this year. SCC was one of 11 community colleges nationwide chosen to participate in the American Association of Community Colleges/Mott Foundation Virtual Incubation Network Project.
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