Entrepreneurship haven
Lyles Center opens, with high-tech equipment
Ryan Tubongbanua / The Collegian
Fresno State President John Welty and Lyles Center founder William Lyles came to the grand opening of the Lyles Center on Wednesday. The facility features multiple rooms with high tech equipment.
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By Monica Nungaray
The Collegian
Faculty, students and the public were able to see what else is in building housing the Recreation Center, with the grand opening of the Lyles Center.
Those in attendance on Wednesday afternoon were able to see the variety of facilities benefiting students wanting to start their own business.
Fresno State President John Welty attended the grand opening and said the Lyles Center is an added bonus to our campus.
“It is an exciting day. This is a great new facility. It is a wonderful asset and will benefit entrepreneurship studies, but it does have the potential to benefit all our students,” Welty said.
Institute founder and namesake William Lyles said the center is off to a running start.
“It’s wonderful to have this facility open. With the world moving and the competition rising, programs like this maintain our standard of living. It’s one of the essential ingredients,” Lyles said.
The Lyles Center is involved with creating programs for children and for adults, including summer camps for children.
“The Lyles Center is beneficial for everyone. The community, staff and students are ecstatic to have this beautiful facility open. It’s actually come to life,” said Genelle Taylor, Associate Director of the Lyles Center.
The Center, an 8,300-square-foot space, consists of several different offices and rooms where students can attend workshops and classes for business related matters.
The Coleman Foundation Student Center is the meeting room. Students can congregate together and go over business ideas and meet with advocates in entrepreneurship.
The Lyles Center boardroom will hold meetings and consultations, but also includes multimedia conferencing equipment. Its state-of-the-art technology, such as 67-inch display computers and cameras will further enhance communication.
“They [students] can use the offices to run their own business,” Taylor said.
Incoming students can apply on www.lylescenter.com to be eligible for $10,000 in scholarship money and have an office at the Lyles Center. The offices for students are known as student hatcheries, and can be occupied by students for up to a year, Lyles Center staff said.
Cathy Floro, a member of the Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization said she was excited to learn students will occupy the offices.
“I have an idea for my own business and having an office at the Lyles Center would be so neat,” Floro said.
The Lyles Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but will hold evening classes and meetings, Welty said.
“These programs are offered to the community or for anyone engaged in business or wanting to get involved,” Welty said.
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