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Cambodia-based team wins FHSU Entrepreneurial Challenge Competition

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Thursday, November 30, 2023
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The focus of the EPI²C Challenge, formerly known as Kansas Startup Weekend, has changed over the last several years from a pure entrepreneurial business competition to one that includes an additional focus on sustainability.

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  • The focus of the EPI²C Challenge, formerly known as Kansas Startup Weekend, has changed over the last several years from a pure entrepreneurial business competition to one that includes an additional focus on sustainability.
  • According to AUPP business professor and “Watt Wise” team coach Olta Myslimi, “It was a truly transformative experience for the team, as it marked their first participation in a challenge organized by our partner universities.
  • This fall’s competition marked the tenth anniversary of FHSU’s annual entrepreneurial challenge, so EPI²C Challenge organizers placed great importance on expanding the opportunity to participate to students from the university’s partner institution in Cambodia.
  • Competing alongside their fellow FHSU peers made them feel like equals, fostering a sense of belonging that transcended geographical boundaries.”

K-State 105 partnership initiative to expand FHSU-led Small Business Development Center operations in Northwest Kansas

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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Two universities — Kansas State University and Fort Hays State University — as well as two K-State 105 partners — NetWork Kansas and the Innovation Center — are working together to expand the service offerings of the FHSU-led Small Business Development Center in Northwest Kansas.

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  • Two universities — Kansas State University and Fort Hays State University — as well as two K-State 105 partners — NetWork Kansas and the Innovation Center — are working together to expand the service offerings of the FHSU-led Small Business Development Center in Northwest Kansas.
  • In this instance in Northwest Kansas, NetWork Kansas will work with the Innovation Center to enhance the Kansas Small Business Development Center.
  • The FHSU-led Kansas Small Business Development Center, or SBDC, operates as a network of eight regional economic development and business consulting centers that currently serve all 105 counties in the state.
  • "We congratulate Fort Hays State University, the Kansas Small Business Development Center, and the Innovation Center on this impactful advancement and look forward to partnering further on K-State 105,” said Erik Pedersen, president and chief operating officer of NetWork Kansas.

SCTE Partners with Fort Hays State University to Award College Credits for Telecommunications Courses

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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EXTON, Pa. , March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE®), a CableLabs® subsidiary, has partnered with Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, to create a degree program for professionals working in the telecommunications industry. Through a combination of courses from both Fort Hays and SCTE, learners can earn an Associate of General Studies degree with an emphasis on Computer Networking & Telecommunications.  SCTE online courses count toward the associate degree that can be completed through FHSU Online.

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  • EXTON, Pa., March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), a CableLabs subsidiary,has partnered with Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, to create a degree program for professionals working in the telecommunications industry.
  • Through a combination of courses from both Fort Hays and SCTE, learners can earn an Associate of General Studies degree with an emphasis on Computer Networking & Telecommunications.
  • Through this cooperative program between SCTE and Fort Hays University, enrolled students will receive college credit from Fort Hays State University for SCTE courses, leveraging SCTE's most popular courses along with several partner courses.
  • Fort Hays State University was founded in 1902 as the Western Branch of Kansas State Normal School on the grounds ofFort Hays, a Nineteenth-Centuryfrontier military outpost.