Education
‘Encouraging economic recovery’
Blackstone Launchpad coming to nine CUNY schools
BY ALEJANDRA
O’CONNELL-DOMENECH
Blackstone LaunchPad, an entrepreneurial
skill-building program
for university students, is coming to
nine CUNY Colleges.
The program works to connect
students with mentors, internships
and job opportunities to encourage
students to pursue entrepreneurship
as a career path.
As a part of the network, participating
students will also be able to
take part in pitch competitions, live
speaker-series as well as virtual and
in-person events.
Blackstone LaunchPad’s expansion
to Baruch College, Borough
of Manhattan Community College,
Bronx Community College, Brooklyn
College, City College of New York,
College of Staten Island, Lehman College,
Queens College and Queensborough
Community College was a
part of Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s
$40 million commitment to
expand to institutions of higher education
that serve under-resouced
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communities.
Recently, the program also expanded
to three historically Black
colleges; Morehouse College, Spelman
College and Clark Atlanta University.
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation
plans on spending $6 million on
its CUNY program.
“As we emerge from a pandemic
that has recalibrated the future of
work, programs like Blackstone
LaunchPad are essential to ensuring
that our economic recovery embraces
and extends to all New Yorkers
proportionately and equitably, ”
said CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos
Rodríguez.
“We thank the Blackstone Charitable
Foundation for their commitment
to CUNY and our students, and
for supporting institutions of higher
learning that share our bedrock values
of diversity and inclusion,” he
went on.”
The initiative began with an expansion
to bring Blackstone Launch-
Pad’s network and resources to six additional
campuses in the University
of Texas system, designated Hispanic
Serving Institutions (HSIs), demonstrating
continued dedication to increasing
diversity among student entrepreneurs
and the development of
skills for career mobility.
By September, Blackstone Launch-
Pad will be available to over one million
students at 45 schools across the
United States and Ireland and plans
on further expanding the program to
75 campuses over the next fi ve years.
As we emerge from
a pandemic that has
recalibrated the future
of work, programs like
Blackstone LaunchPad
are essential to ensuring
that our economic
recovery embraces and
extends to all New Yorkers
proportionately and
equitably
“Given our charitable foundation’s
longstanding commitment to
serving the communities in which we
live and work, we are very excited for
the opportunity to bring Blackstone
LaunchPad to all fi ve boroughs of
New York City,” said Amy Stursberg,
executive director of the Blackstone
Charitable Foundation in a statement.
“Our partnership with these outstanding
schools is an exciting step in
our broader commitment to increasing
access to entrepreneurial skills,
networks and resources among underrepresented
students to build
successful companies and careers,”
Stursberg continued.
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