EI, the university’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, invites the NC State community to attend the grand opening of Innovation Hall, new home to the EI Garage and the Andy and Jane Albright Entrepreneurs Living and Learning Village, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the Wolf Ridge Apartments on Centennial Campus.
The event marks the opening of the first living and learning community on Centennial Campus and the first named residential community at NC State—thanks to a $500,000 gift from Andy Albright, CEO of National Agents Alliance, and his wife Jane.
Albright Entrepreneurs Village provides students with entrepreneurial interests across all academic disciplines the opportunity to live, learn and collaborate with like-minded students.
“It is an honor to have the village named after us,” Albright said. “We both have a heart for helping kids in many areas and this is just another way that we can express our commitment to future generations. From childhood to today, we have both been big fans of NC State and this is one way we can continue to show our loyalty to the Wolfpack.”
Entrepreneurship students and alumni will be in the EI Garage to display their latest ventures and products, including a device to aid smoking cessation and a point-of-sale platform that makes donating to local schools and charities easy. The EI Garage is a business creation and prototyping space that has all of the resources students need to turn their ideas into successful startups.
“The opening of Innovation Hall is an important next step in creating a pervasive culture of entrepreneurship at NC State,” said Tom Miller, senior vice provost for academic outreach and entrepreneurship. “It’s a collaborative living and working space where student entrepreneurs across the university will develop solutions to problems that affect the world.”
Additional information about the grand opening is available online.
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