The new home of Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at California State University Fresno will welcome its first visitors at an open house for the campus and community from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 19.
The center has moved into a spacious new suite on the second floor of the Student Recreation Center at Fresno State, at the northeast corner of Shaw and Woodrow avenues. Parking restrictions will be relaxed in the North Lot adjacent to the building during the open house.
Guests that day may tour the center and learn about its programs from staff members. Also present will be Fresno State President John D. Welty; Provost Jeronima Echeverria; William M, Lyles, who heads Lyles Diversified Inc., the Fresno construction and real estate company that provided funds to establish the center in 2001; Dr. Timothy Stearns, Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies and director of the Lyles Center; and Mike Hennessey, president of the Coleman Foundation.
The Lyles Center is one of the leading entrepreneurial centers in California. It assists both students and community members in pursuit of their entrepreneurial goals.
The center delivers assistance through applied learning, professional consulting and managed problem solving. The Lyles Center helps entrepreneurs develop successful companies through integral professional consulting services and programs.
As a recognized leader in entrepreneurship education, the Lyles Center uses its strategic position to leverage resources from the entire university to assist innovators and entrepreneurs develop businesses. The center acts as a bridge linking resources of campus and community to achieve success in the marketplace.
For more information about the Lyles Center, please go to the following Web site: www.lylescenter.com
