{"id":12859,"date":"2022-09-01T15:08:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=12859"},"modified":"2022-09-01T16:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:44:40","slug":"elizabethtown-colleges-school-for-graduate-professional-studies-launches-family-business-and-entrepreneurship-graduate-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2022\/09\/01\/elizabethtown-colleges-school-for-graduate-professional-studies-launches-family-business-and-entrepreneurship-graduate-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College\u2019s School for Graduate &amp; Professional Studies Launches Family Business and Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This fall, Elizabethtown College\u2019s School for Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) will launch a Family Business Graduate and Entrepreneurship Certificate. Starting on Oct. 17, the first cohort will commence, which aims to foster students\u2019 entrepreneurial spirit through developing their skills in business ideation, leadership, strategic planning, management, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new program places a unique focus on family business by incorporating elements of governance, group dynamics, and succession planning,\u201d Elizabethtown College\u2019s Vice President for Enrollment Management John F. Champoli said.<\/p>\n<p>Through a partnership with the High Center for Family Business, one of the oldest and largest centers of its kind, a coach is available upon request throughout the completion of the certificate. These experienced individuals will provide students with expertise in developing business growth with actionable outcomes including:<a href=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2015\/02\/high-center.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3450 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2015\/02\/high-center-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2015\/02\/high-center-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2015\/02\/high-center-540x372.jpg 540w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2015\/02\/high-center.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Evaluate the steps to start, innovate, and grow a business. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Analyze the strategies involved in running a successful business. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Articulate leadership skills and practices to optimize business performance. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Critique governance structures and succession planning as a vital component of a business model. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Develop a business plan on a new entrepreneurial business idea or possible innovation. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 12-credit certificate includes four online courses which can be completed in as little as one year with innovative courses like \u201cDreams to Reality: Where are you in the business ownership cycle?\u201d, Strategy and Gaining a Competitive Edge, Leading as Your Business Grows, Dynamics, Governing, Managing, and Succession Planning. The certificate can also be stacked into Etown\u2019s 36-credit Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Strategic Leadership (MSL) or our 32-credit Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD).<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the program at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/programs\/graduate\/family-business.aspx\">etown.edu\/SGPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fall, Elizabethtown College\u2019s School for Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) will launch a Family Business Graduate and Entrepreneurship Certificate. Starting on Oct. 17, the first cohort will commence, which aims to foster students\u2019 entrepreneurial spirit through developing their skills in business ideation, leadership, strategic planning, management, and more. \u201cThe new program places a unique [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":12862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338],"tags":[1316,1575,1420,1419,840],"class_list":["post-12859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","tag-certificates","tag-family-business","tag-school-of-graduate-and-professional-studies","tag-sgps","tag-the-high-center","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12860,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12859\/revisions\/12860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}