Governor Roy Cooper has spent nearly three decades in public service protecting families, keeping communities safe, and working to create jobs and improve schools. The son of a school teacher, he knows that education creates opportunity and he has worked throughout his career to strengthen our schools and create a sound foundation for our state’s children.
The North Carolina Entrepreneur Corps (NCEC) creates a new work-based learning opportunity for North Carolina’s college students to serve their state in a meaningful, high impact, and flexible way. This program leads to a more entrepreneurial state government, with rapid adoption of industry-leading technology and better interactions between North Carolinians and government services.
Students from across the state (both four-year and community college students) will work together to solve key challenges as identified by the North Carolina Department of Information and Technology (NCDIT). Students can apply as teams or as individuals. Individuals will be grouped together to work remotely as entrepreneurship teams. Each team will be assigned both an entrepreneurial mentor from the Governors Entrepreneurship Council and a technical mentor from NCDIT.
Over the semester (February 2020-April 2020) the students will go through the entrepreneurial process including idea generation, concept development, customer feedback, and creation of a final product. The new and innovative product can work toward improving services for citizens throughout the state. At the conclusion of the semester the teams will present their projects, and will meet and take pictures with the Governor. Applications are due January 15.