Grand Ideas
Eric Hill, director of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach, speaks to the crowd gathered in downtown Starkville to celebrate the grand opening of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Idea 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 Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Retail Product Accelerator, helping entrepreneurship thrive among Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ students and in the Starkville community. Pictured behind Hill are, from left, Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ President Mark E. Keenum and College of Business Dean Sharon Oswald.