HARRISON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS RECEIVES SECOND-YEAR RENEWAL OF KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP GRANT
The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management in the Harrison College of Business at Southeast Missouri State University has received a second-year renewal of the Kauffman Entrepreneurial Internship Program grant provided by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Mo.
Southeast will receive $18,000 for the second and final year of the grant. The grant is intended for the creation of 30 entrepreneurial student internships with for-profit firms during the 2000-2001 academic year. The program directly supports entrepreneurship. The Center originally received a $36,000 grant for the program in 1999. The grant allows for renewal for a second year up to 50 percent of the original amount if program objectives are met.
In addition to the second-year grant, the Harrison College of Business was selected as a recipient of a 2000 Kauffman Social Entrepreneur Internship Program grant. The grant amount awarded was $25,000 and is specifically intended for the creation of 20 entrepreneurial student internships with not-for-profit organizations during the 2000-2001 academic year.
The Harrison College of Business currently is placing entrepreneurial interns for both grants. Placements will continue through the 2000 summer and fall semesters and 2001 spring semester.
Dr. Jack Sterrett, chair of the Department of Marketing at Southeast and director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management and the Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program, attended the Fourth Annual Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program Conference April 17-18 at the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in Kansas City, where he received the award.
In terms of the 2000 Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship awards, the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership mailed over 2,000 requests for proposals nationwide to a variety of institutions including public and private, graduate and undergraduate business schools in the United States, women’s colleges and universities, incubators, members of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Public Policy Schools. Of these, a total of only 16 new programs nationwide were awarded a Kauffman Entrepreneurship Internship Program (for-profit) grant in 2000, and a total of only 12 new programs nationwide were recipients of a Kauffman Social Entrepreneurship Internship Program (not-for-profit) grant. This year’s recipients of the Kauffman Social Entrepreneurship grant include Baruch College, Brooklyn College, California State University-Fresno, Colegio Universitario del Este, Council for Entrepreneurial Development, Fort Wayne Urban League,
Loyola Marymount University, Lynchburg College, University of California-Santa Cruz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wells College and Southeast Missouri State University.
The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership is funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and pursues a vision of accelerating entrepreneurship in America.
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MARTIN MAKES DONATION TO SOUTHEAST DEMONSTRATION FARM
Mike Martin of Bernie, Mo., has donated five tons of rice bran to the Southeast Missouri State University Demonstration Farm.
Mike Martin and his brother, David, are graduates of Southeast Missouri State University’s Department of Agriculture, and they farm with their father and brother, Tim. The Martin family produces about 1,000 acres of rice annually.
Mike Martin has designed and constructed a small rice mill on the family farm, said Dr. William Ellis, Southeast professor of agriculture. With the mill, the family is adding another level of processing prior to the sale of their product. With this processing, the family will capture greater price margin. The rice is milled, bagged and stacked on pallets to be sold for human consumption. The Martins plan to mill their entire 2000 crop of rice.
During the milling of rice, a by-product – rice bran -- is produced, Ellis said. Rice bran consists primarily of the seed coat and germ removed from the rice grain in the manufacture of polished rice for human consumption. The livestock feeding industry primarily uses rice bran, he said, adding that rice bran is available from other rice processors in bulk. This generally indicates the buyer will purchase a truckload of 20-plus tons. The Martin family is bagging its rice bran into 100-pound bags. This is allowing them access to another market, the smaller livestock producer, Ellis said.
The University Demonstration Farm is feeding the rice bran to weaned fall born calves on pasture. The calves are receiving two pounds of whole cottonseed and one pound of rice bran per day. Ellis said the results of this study will not be available until fall but initial findings indicate that rice bran increases the calves’ growth and their desire to eat.
“The biggest benefit for our region is that this desirable by-product is available in less than truckload volume,” Ellis said.
Smaller producers can use the rice bran to increase animal performance. He says rice bran should not be more than 20 to 25 percent of the animal’s diet. Above this level, rice bran may cause bloating, he said. Ellis says rice bran should not be fed to horses because of its tendency to cause colic.
The Southeast Demonstration Farm has data that indicates beef cowherds’ first service conception can be increased by 20 percent when the cows are fed high energy feed prior to breeding. Rice bran could be used to enhance cowherds’ first conception, Ellis said. He demonstrated this by feeding them three pounds of whole soybeans. Although not tested, Ellis says rice bran could be used in the role of soybeans.
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