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GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP Pennsylvania Governor’s School for

June 29– August 2, 2008

Lehigh University serves as the host of the annual Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Global Entrepreneurship for outstanding high school students from throughout Pennsylvania and the world. This Governor’s School is one of eight Governor’s Schools in Pennsylvania, each specializing in a different area of academic study.

THE PROGRAM

The purpose of the Governor’s School for Global Entrepreneurship is to expose Pennsylvania high school and international high school students to the topics of global entrepreneurship, leadership, and effective business practices and to ignite the students’ spirit of creativity, innovation, and learning. The applied curriculum includes core and elective courses, entrepreneurial exchanges with leaders from business and industry, global exchanges and country presentations by international interns, business excursions, team projects with local business partners, and a variety of other interactive experiences and activities. In past years, student project teams have partnered with Lehigh Valley companies such as Orasure Technologies, Just Born, Martin Guitar, PPL, St. Luke’s Hospital, and more. The students are housed on Lehigh University’s campus, and enjoy food and recreation using facilities at Lehigh and throughout the Lehigh Valley. The courses are held at Lehigh, and are taught by Lehigh faculty members as well as entrepreneurs and leaders of the business community.

PARTNERSHIPS

CONTACT:

Trisha S. Alexy

Director, Governor’s School for Global Entrepreneurship 111 Research Drive Bethlehem, PA 18015

Tel: (610) 758-6886 E-mail: [email protected] www.iacocca-lehigh.org

Working in partnership, Lehigh’s College of Education and College of Business and Economics develop the applied curriculum and present the five-week residential academic program from June 29 – August 2, 2008. The Pennsylvania students are funded through the Pennsylvania Department of Education. International students are funded through grants, international program fees, the Iacocca Institute®, Lehigh University, and the Mike Gausling International Entrepreneur Scholarship.

QUALIFICATIONS

The scholarship program is offered to 64 current high school sophomores and juniors who successfully complete the competitive application process through the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In addition, the Governor’s School accepts 10 international students. Countries represented in the Governor’s School since 2001 include: Afghanistan, Antigua Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Columbia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Guatemala, Ghana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe.

APPLICATION

For further information or to download an application, go to www.iacocca-lehigh.org and click on Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Global Entrepreneurship or contact Trisha Alexy, Director, [email protected].