About the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Dinner

The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies sixth annual Hall of Fame dinner honors and celebrates entrepreneurship throughout New Jersey. The event takes place on Wednesday, September 21 and honors Victor V. Scudiery ’56 and Michael Lucciola ‘83/M.B.A. ’86.
 
 

Victor V. Scudiery ’56   President Interstate Electronics, Inc. Victor Scudiery, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, believes successful business people should be involved in social issues. With this in mind, he is also a publisher, director and producer, with an interest in politics. Full Profile of Victor Scudiery '56

Michael Lucciola ’83/ M.B.A. ’86   Chief Executive Officer Firefly Group Michael Lucciola is an investor and advisor to several growth stage companies. A dedicated and active member of the University community, he is currently a Regent and has served on several other Seton Hall boards and councils. Full Profile of Michael Lucciola '83/ M.B.A '86

About the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
“Built by Entrepreneurs for Future Entrepreneurs”
 
The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stillman School of Business was formed in 2003 through an endowment from Frank Scott '50, a New Jersey entrepreneur and alumnus, and his wife, Marilyn.
 
The Center was created to raise student awareness of self-employment as a career option and fosters the collaboration of faculty, students, alumni and entrepreneurs to engage in activities that advance hands-on entrepreneurial learning. The Center is integral to the Stillman School's mandate to prepare students for careers in the 21st century by acknowledging the growing importance of entrepreneurship in the U.S. and global economy.

Thanks to the generosity of the Center's Board of Advisors, we reached several significant milestones in 2011 and our future promises to be even brighter.

• In our biggest initiative to date, we launched Pirates Pitch, the first annual Seton Hall University Venture Fund Competition. Over 20 student teams participated, and came from academic disciplines across the University. Four winning teams were selected by an independent group of judges, and received more than $5,000 in cash prizes and business services.
  
  
• We partnered with the New Jersey Turnaround Management Association to sponsor a lecture entitled “Masters of Disaster” for students and TMA professionals. In another exciting development, our Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team was named  “Rookie of the Year” during a regional competition in New York City. “Rookie” honors are given to outstanding teams in the first years of SIFE membership.
  
  
• For the fifth year we have awarded two scholarships in entrepreneurship to Stillman School of Business students. And we will award the third annual David B. Gerstein Scholarships to eight outstanding students studying entrepreneurship.
  
  
• We continue to increase the number of entrepreneurship classes offered, and the number of students pursuing the Certificates in Entrepreneurship continues to grow. 

We’re proud of the strides that we’ve made toward fostering an entrepreneurial culture at Seton Hall University.

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