Congratulations to the CTE Class of 2007. Alumni from the CIE's inaugural Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship program recently received high praise from 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush. The President recognized the CTE alumni during a round table discussion on Italian Entrepreneurs, while on a recent visit to Italy.

In the photograph above, sitting next to the President are Valentina Coccoli '07 (left) and Micol Macellari '07 (center). At the President's request, Macellari addressed the crowd and shared her experiences in the program. Emanuele Orgiu '07, Abramo Barbaresi '07, and Elisabetta Capezio '07 were also in attendance, as were three students in the entering Class of '09.

The U.S. Ambassador to Italy, Ronald Spogli has been a strong advocate for advancing entrepreneurship in Italy. Among his efforts to promote entrepreneurship education was the establishment of the Fulbright BEST program, with which he intends to send many more students to Silicon Valley to study entrepreneurship in the future.
A White House press release covers the event, with SCU and CIE mentioned in the 8th paragraph.
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Jun. 16, 2008 3:58 PM