MWBE Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship to Open at NCC  

January 23, 2024

Garden City, N.Y. – To promote business and educational opportunities for minorities, women and service-disabled veterans, Nassau Community College will open the Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship in Spring 2024 at its Garden City campus.  

In honor of Black History Month, the college’s leadership will announce the opening of the MWBE Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. in the first floor lounge of the Cluster C Building. The public is invited to attend. NCC is a public community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.  

“Nassau Community College has a proven record of transforming lives through quality educational opportunities,” said Dr. Maria P. Conzatti, chief administrative officer of Nassau Community College. “The primary goal of the Center is to help small businesses in our community become MWBE/SDVOB certified and to assist each business with navigating the procurement process.”   

The new venture is in collaboration with the College’s Office of Equity, Inclusion and Affirmative Action, the Center for Workforce Development, and the Office of Student Professional Development and Employer Services.  

Through on-campus and online instruction, the MWBE Center will provide business readiness workshops, financial assessment, one-to-one coaching sessions, and other services and educational programming. The Center is prepared to assist individuals and small business owners with all levels of entrepreneurial experience.

The launch event on February 8 is sponsored by the Nassau Community College Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to fundraising for student scholarships, college initiatives and faculty development.  

To register for the event, visit
http://tinyurl.com/MWBECenter

About the MWBE Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship  
The MWBE Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship at Nassau Community College is committed to maximizing contract opportunities for minority/women-owned businesses (MWBEs) and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOBs) by offering certification programs, ongoing continuing education, mentoring, one-to-one instruction, training in business readiness and economic development, and networking opportunities. Our primary goal is to help small businesses become MWBE/SDVOB certified and to assist each business with growth and sustainability. The Center welcomes MWBEs with all levels of entrepreneurial experience. 

Media Contact:  Lindsey Angioletti | lindsey.angioletti@ncc.edu | C:  (516) 320-0695

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