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Living and Launching: Exploring Life at AEV

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Apr 15, 2026

Exploring Entrepreneurship Beyond Raleigh with the Albright Entrepreneurs Village

Sometimes a trip to the coast is not just to sit in the sand. For eight Albright Entrepreneurs Village (AEV) students, a spring break trip to Charleston, SC, was an…
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Apr 3, 2026

Triangle Game Jam 2026: Three Campuses, Innovation Across the Triangle

Triangle Game Jam brought together some of the brightest creative minds from NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University once again. Over one weekend, students collaborated across campuses to design,…
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Mar 30, 2026

Driving with Endurance: Tobias Hullette’s Path to Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship does not have a script or roadmap; it is more like a puzzle. For engineering graduate student and 2025 Park Scholar, Tobias Hullette, the puzzle is what he loves…
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Mar 23, 2026

ACC InVenture Prize 2026: Sylva Systems

ACC InVenture Prize (ACCIP) represents an opportunity to stimulate undergraduate entrepreneurial activity and increase student-faculty engagement, to celebrate and highlight the exceptional creativity and ingenuity of students and to inspire…
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Mar 11, 2026

From Engineer to Entrepreneur

Sometimes, entrepreneurship finds people in unique and unexpected ways. For Sumedh Beknalkar, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering with a minor in electrical engineering, that is exactly how he got…
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Mar 3, 2026

Building Futures Through 700 Rivers: A Women-Led Mission to Restore Opportunity and Independence

Each year, thousands of freshmen are assigned a required reading for convocation. Few students truly engage with it, treating it as just another obligation. Cathy Gomes, however, did more than…
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Feb 10, 2026

Stitching the Pieces Together

Since she was young, Annie Hoyt (Fashion Textile Management ‘25) had a passion for sewing. At 14, she started her first business, Annie Elizabeth, making A-line reversible dresses for young…
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Feb 2, 2026

Build Your Business with the Andrews Launch Accelerator

Stop spinning your wheels and start scaling your business with support from the NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic’s Andrew Launch Accelerator (ALA). Funded through the NC State Acceleration fund — made…
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Jan 23, 2026

Purpose within the Pitch: Megan Aljian and Forest Found

Curly blonde hair, a humble demeanor and eyes that show a determination not to compete for the world — but to change it for the better. Megan Aljian did not…
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Jan 21, 2026

Living and Launching: Exploring Life at AEV

The Albright Entrepreneurs Village (AEV), located on Centennial Campus, is NC State’s living and learning community for student entrepreneurs. The village offers sophomore students and above a residential experience that…