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October 2025
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - Entrepreneurship center earns top international honor for interdisciplinary efforts
  - 糖心vlog传媒 launches Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellows Program
May 2025
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - UT System approves $40 million 糖心vlog传媒 facility to boost entrepreneurship in East Texas
  - 糖心vlog传媒 students pitch business ideas at fourth annual entrepreneurship competition
March 2025
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒 alumnus named first entrepreneur-in-residence at Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship
February 2025
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒's entrepreneurship program and Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship continue to be named in the top three emerging entrepreneurship programs in country

August 2024
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship hosts summer camp for local teens
May 2024
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - Huber Gardens grows with help from 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 Small Business Resource Hub
  - Students pitch business ideas at third annual entrepreneurship competition
March 2024
- 糖心vlog传媒 hosted the Rural Texas Travel and Tourism Conference in the Baker Pattillo Student Center. Keynote speaker was Jonas Arjes, executive vice president and chief economic development officer for Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB in Branson, Missouri. The conference program also included spotlight, rural travel and resource panels.
February 2024
- The CARRI team joined university and community leadership at Chamber Days in Austin, a Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce partnership program with the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce. (Pictured from left: Tim Ward, Austin Bank; Olivia Kiritsy, Loblolly Properties, LLC; Leigh Ann Carver, NMC Health Network; Monica Loa, CARRI; Mary Ann Rojas, CARRI; Malisha Ann Wheeler, Nacogdoches Chamber; Shari Williams, Nacogdoches Chamber.)
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒's Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation to host Rural Texas Travel and Tourism Conference
  - Entrepreneurship program, center named a top emerging entrepreneurship program in country

December 2023
- 糖心vlog传媒 News:
  - 糖心vlog传媒 students work to improve economic development in East Texas
October 2023
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - New entrepreneurship network to host second meet-up
  - 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation earns grant from U.S. Economic Development Administration
July 2023
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 CARRI and Texas Forest Country Partnership to host economic development forum
June 2023
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May 2023
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒 students pitch business ideas at second annual entrepreneurship competition
April 2023
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒 announces recipients of 2023 Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation grants
March 2023
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - Rusche College of Business names Matthew Smilor entrepreneurship center director
February 2023
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒 to revive Friday Night Film Series with 鈥業cepick to the Moon鈥� documentary
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - CARRI grant helps create 糖心vlog传媒 art docent program, brings back Friday Night Films
January 2023
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒 dedicated Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship

November 2022
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒 hosts 'Women in Entrepreneurship' panel discussion
October 2022
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - For 糖心vlog传媒 students, tiny homes prove to be big opportunities for course credit, community service
July 2022
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - Donation funds 糖心vlog传媒 center, supports entrepreneurial spirit in East Texas
June 2022
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - Mary Ann Rojas named executive director of 糖心vlog传媒鈥檚 Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation
February 2022
- 糖心vlog传媒 News
  - 糖心vlog传媒 announces recipients of inaugural 2022 Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation grants

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