{"id":26021,"date":"2014-07-16T07:49:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T17:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=26021"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:12:58","slug":"central-pacific-bank-invests-in-uh-entrepreneurship-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/16\/central-pacific-bank-invests-in-uh-entrepreneurship-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Pacific Bank invests in UH<\/abbr> entrepreneurship center"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, Vance Roley, Shidler College of Business dean; Susan Yamada, Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship executive director; Larry Rodriguez, Central Pacific Bank retired executive; John Dean, Central Pacific Bank chairman and CEO<\/abbr>; Catherine Ngo, Central Pacific Bank co-president and chief operating officer; Denis Isono, Central Pacific Bank chief financial officer; Donna Vuchinich, UH<\/abbr> Foundation president and CEO<\/abbr> and Tom Apple, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa chancellor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Led by chairman and CEO<\/abbr> John Dean, Central Pacific Bank<\/a> (CPB<\/abbr>) and its executives have committed $200,000 to the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship<\/a> (PACE<\/abbr>) to expand the center and its programs. A new accelerator program will be a key feature. <\/p>\n

The center, located in the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Shidler College of Business<\/a>, facilitates entrepreneurial education and research commercialization at UH<\/abbr>. CPB<\/abbr>’s gift will go towards the five-year PACE<\/abbr> initiative that was launched in February 2014. The goal is to raise $2.5 million to create new programs, grow existing programs and renovate a new and larger location in the Shidler College of Business.<\/p>\n

The new facility will enable PACE<\/abbr> to create a vibrant co-working space for entrepreneurial activity at the University, double the number of entrepreneurial programs it offers, introduce an entrepreneurial curriculum to other UH<\/abbr> Mānoa colleges and train key faculty on current entrepreneurial pedagogy. The facility will also play a pivotal role in the commercialization of UH<\/abbr> technology and innovation, and establish a presence in Asia as a leader in entrepreneurial education.<\/p>\n

CPB<\/abbr> co-president and chief operating officer Catherine Ngo and CPB<\/abbr> chief financial officer Denis Isono also committed to join the newly formed <\/abbr>PACE<\/abbr> board of directors which is chaired by Dean.<\/p>\n

“PACE<\/abbr> plays a significant role in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s economic diversification by supporting the growth of our innovation-based industry, as well as the development of high-skill jobs and an entrepreneurial talent pool in our state,” said Dean, chairman and CEO<\/abbr> of CPB<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Read the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Central Pacific Bank and its executives committed $200,000 to UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa’s Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship to expand the center and its programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[425,146,319,9],"class_list":["post-26021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-pacific-asian-center-for-entrepreneurship","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-manoa","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t