MEDIA ADVISORY:
UNH's Whittemore School Celebrates Entrepreneurship Interns and Corporate Hosts Dec. 11

Contact: Denise Hart
603-862-1462
UNH Media Relations

December 4, 2003



DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business and Economics invites the media to cover the annual Entrepreneurship Internship Reception.

WHO: Steven Bolander, dean of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics; Jim Wible, associate dean and professor of economics; Jeff Sohl, professor of decision sciences, director of the Center for Venture Research and instructor for the Entrepreneurship Internship course; students and their business mentors.

WHAT: Entrepreneurship Internship Reception

WHERE: Holloway Commons, Squamscott Room University of New Hampshire, Durham campus

WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 11 from 5 - 7 p.m.

BACKGROUND: The reception celebrates the achievements of 24 senior undergraduates enrolled in the Entrepreneurship Internship course in the Decision Sciences department offered each fall and the companies that hosted them as interns. The course, a requirement of the Entrepreneurship Option at the Whittemore School, brings together students and business partners in New Hampshire and southern Maine. For more information about the companies participating in the event and the internship course at the Whittemore School, please contact Laura Hill, program coordinator or Jeff Sohl, professor at 862-3341. Additional information about the Whittemore School's programs is available at: http://www.unh.edu/wsbe/