Intercampus Alliance Entrepreneurial Experience
About the IAEE
The Spring 2024 Intercampus Alliance Entrepreneurial Experience brings together USC faculty, staff, and administrators from around the state to explore opportunities for synergies and alignment. We will discuss plans for future collaboration and will highlight entrepreneurial activities in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. The Hilton Head experience will include an afternoon island tour featuring local entrepreneurs as well as a dinner at an iconic local restaurant. The following morning will include a tour of the USCB Hilton Head Campus, breakfast, work sessions and lunch onsite at the university.
The Intercampus Alliance for Entrepreneurship at the University of South Carolina was established by the USC McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise from a Relentless Challenge grant awarded by the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Alliance members collaborate to increase entrepreneurship resources and opportunities for students systemwide, while connecting to, and supporting, the South Carolina and local entrepreneurial ecosystems. Although the grant period has ended, the work continues because of the enthusiasm shown by all USC system campuses and Palmetto College.
Schedule and Event Information
Thursday, April 11th - Island Tour, Speakers and Dinner
Dress attire: Casual
Tour time starts at 2:30pm from USCB Hilton Head Island Campus (One Sand Shark Drive, HHI 29926)
We will provide a small tour bus to travel throughout the island as we visit our guest speakers. Please park at the HHI Campus and we will return after dinner
The dinner will conclude by 7:30pm, and should return to the HHI Campus by 8:00pm.
Friday, April 12th - Itinerary
We will be meeting in Room 115 for these meetings and the breakfast.
8:30am - 9:00am - Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 9:25am - Campus Tour
9:25am - 9:45am - CLHE’s Entrepreneurial Partnerships with Community Stakeholders
9:45am - 10:00am - Review the Vision, Mission, and Main Objectives of the Alliance
10:00am - 10:30am - Structure of the Alliance
Membership, Time Commitment, Cost Structure, ROI, Communications, Working Systems and Processes, Meetings.
10:30am - 10:45am - Brief announcements and requests of the group
10:45am - 11:15am - Review a comprehensive list of potential collaborations and organize into themes and priorities
Note: Attendees would be asked to submit these in advance of the meeting.
11:15am - 11:30am - Break
11:30am - 12:00pm - Discuss possible collaborations and choose which ones to actively work on
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Assign collaboration points of contact and develop very high-level plans with SMART objectives, metrics, and clearly defined, positive ROI for all stakeholders.
End time approximately 1:00pm.
Cost
USC Beaufort and the McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise are funding this IAEE meeting so that there will be no fee to attendees (Thursday and Friday meals are included). Attendees are responsible for their own travel costs. There may be a cost associated with future IAEE meeting registrations.
To sign up for this event, please click the button below!
Tour Vendors/Locations
Family Friendly: Harpham Family / Jarvis Creek General Store (North End)
Sustainability/
Ecology/
Restaurant:
Andrew Carmines - Oysters / Hudson's Seafood Restaurant (North End)
Cultural Heritage Gullah Tradition and Retail: Lola Campbell - Binya (North End)
Online/Pop-up Retail: Lissy Rawl - Little Fish Boateak (North End)
The Crazy Crab (North End)
Dinner to begin 5:30pm (2 hour time limit)
Hotel Recommendations
USCB’s Hilton Head Island Campus is located on the South End of HHI near Coligny Plaza – if you have any questions about where to stay, please contact Sarah Beachkofsky. We would suggest not staying in Bluffton due to the traffic congestion in the morning coming onto the island. Hotels Tonight has a great app and website that you can check, as well as all the search engines such as Priceline, Expedia, etc.
We would be glad to advise you, but also know many of you are members with points or have a preference as to where you like to stay.
Feel free to reach out to us via the link below, or by calling 843-540-8504.
Below are a couple of recommendations for hotels to stay at.
The Beach House
4 minutes (1.6 miles away from USCB’s Hilton Head Campus.
Courtyard by Marriott
3 minutes (1 mile away from USCB’s Hilton Head Campus.
