Cat Foster
News Reporter

On April 20, Mesa State College with host the sixth annual Entrepreneurship Day. The event, hosted by the Entrepreneurial Business Institute, will feature keynote speaker Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream.
E-day will involve breakout sessions and a keynote lunch with Greenfield. Breakout sessions will take place from 8 a.m.-noon. The sessions will include the Student Energy Project, Social Media and Business, Entrepreneurship and the Arts. A full schedule of events is available at www.mesastate.edu/eday/schedule.
The sessions are free and open to the public. The keynote lunch, which begins at noon in the College Center ballroom, requires tickets that are $10 for general admission, $20 for students with lunch and $50 for public admission with lunch. Tickets are sold online.
Students will have an opportunity to participate in the Idea Challenge, a competition designed to give students a chance to pitch a business idea to a panel of judges. The competition includes cash and/or prizes. Students have 60-90 seconds to make a pitch that is attention-grabbing, conveys his/her ideas effectively, and leaves judges wanting to know more. The Idea Challenge will take place at 3:30 p.m. in several rooms in the ACB. More information is available at www.mesastate.edu/eday/idea.

cmfoster@mesastate.edu