Perricelli-Gegnas Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Bucknell's Perricelli-Gegnas Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation serves as a catalyst that helps students develop an entrepreneurial mindset — one that is resilient, resourceful, curious and solutions-focused. By providing experiential learning opportunities, the center equips students with a versatile set of skills that will enhance their ability to navigate complex problems, transform challenges into opportunities and contribute meaningfully to diverse fields.
The center helps students from all three of Bucknell's colleges develop entrepreneurial skills through a rich entrepreneurial ecosystem. Taking the concept beyond the classroom, students engage in hands-on opportunities that allow them to create products, imagine innovative new businesses and consider solutions to global problems in any discipline. With a focus on ethics and the common good, the center's program teaches students to take purposeful, experiential action to bring new ideas to life.
Existing Programs for Entrepreneurial Excellence
Bucknell's Small Business Development Center
The SBDC gives entrepreneurs the knowledge and skills they need to start and grow successful businesses.
BizPitch Competition
Bucknell's annual BizPitch Competition offers students the opportunity to present early-stage concepts for new products, services or their own startup companies.
Makerspaces
In support of the Maker Movement, Bucknell offers three distinct spaces where students are free to explore, create and imagine.
The Perricelli-Gegnas Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation will encompass space and resources that provide a creative, action-oriented environment for the entire Bucknell community.
For more information about the center, contact:
- William Meek, Campbell Rutledge Jr. and Eleanor Rutledge Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
210 Holmes Hall
wrm011@bucknell.edu - Professor Erin Jablonski, associate dean of engineering
230 Dana Engineering Building
erin.jablonski@bucknell.edu - Professor Emily Martin, Ellen P. Williams Associate Professor in Music
e.martin@bucknell.edu - Sabrina Shankar, assistant director of campus activities
sabrina.shankar@bucknell.edu - Steve Stumbris, director of Bucknell's Small Business Development Center
steven.stumbris@bucknell.edu