For the second consecutive year, Kent State University at Tuscarawas is sponsoring a Student Great Idea Contest to encourage young entrepreneurship.  The contest is designed for Tuscarawas County students in middle school (5-8 grades), high school and college who have an idea, invention or innovation they would like to sell, turn into a business or develop into a prototype.

There is no cost to enter the contest. Awards include i-Tunes gift cards and Apple i-Pad3s. Winners will be eligible to shadow an area entrepreneur for a day. All contestants will be eligible to attend entrepreneurship workshops at Kent State Tuscarawas during Fall Semester 2013.

The contest entry deadline is Feb. 1, with winners being notified in April. Student Great Idea Contest applications are available online at www.tusc.kent.edu/businesscommunityservices/smallbusiness/index.cfm

For more information or for assistance in completing the application, contact Steve Schillig at the Kent State Tuscarawas SBDC office at 330-308-7479 or by email at sschil10@kent.edu.

Kent State Tuscarawas is located at 330 University Dr. NE, New Philadelphia.

January 4, 2013
Media Contact: Pam Patacca, ppatacca@kent.edu