Grand Ideas

Grand Ideas

Man in suit and overcoat speaking at microphone with three people laughing at his joke
Photo by Beth Wynn

March 7, 2019

Eric Hill, director of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵCenter for Entrepreneurship and Outreach, speaks to the crowd gathered in downtown Starkville to celebrate the grand opening of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵIdea Shop on Thursday [March 7]. The Idea Shop is a 2,000-square-foot facility that contains the Turner A. Wingo Maker Studio and the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵRetail Product Accelerator, helping entrepreneurship thrive among ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵstudents and in the Starkville community. Pictured behind Hill are, from left, Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵPresident Mark E. Keenum and College of Business Dean Sharon Oswald.