Accessible New York Takes It to the City Streets!

The restaurants, theaters, and hotels of New York City will be the subject of a critical gaze over the next few weeks as CUNY students eye them for their accessibility to people with disabilities. On May 15th, members of the Accessible New York Team from the Institute for Virtual Enterprise attended a training session at the CUNY Center for Student Affairs, where Professor Jesse Lore guided them from the conceptual conversations... [Read More]

Posted on 2008-06-01 03:13 PM

Morrie Helitzer

On April 1, 2008, Kingsborough Community College welcomed special guest Morrie Helitzer, co-author of "It's Never too Late to Plant a Tree," a collection of profiles of men and women over sixty who have been active entrepreneurs. Helitzer addressed students at the My Turn meeting on the topic of senior entrepreneurship. Helitzer's message was clear "It is never too late to start a business, it's never too late to start planting." ... [Read More]

Posted on 2008-05-05 08:56 AM

IVE Crowns Stock Market Winner 2008

Kevin Wright, of the California VE Network, has been named winner of CUNY IVE's Third Annual Stock Market Competition. Nearly 400 students, representing New York, California, Denmark and Austria, participated in the two month-long contest. Each student began with a trading budget of $10,000 to invest in the virtual and real stock market using the IVE Market Maker. The recent turbulence on Wall Street made 2008 a particularly volatile year,... [Read More]

Posted on 2008-04-17 08:49 AM

VE-IT Virtual Economy and Backbone Honored with Best of New York Award

The Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government, has named CUNY’s Institute for Virtual Enterprise’s VE-IT Virtual Economy and Backbone the ‘Project Demonstrating Most Innovative Use of Technology’ in its Best of New York 2008 awards program. The VE-IT Economy is a simulation where technicians and students can develop business,... [Read More]

Posted on 2008-03-25 10:32 AM

Random House Career Opportunities

On Wednesday, March 5th, IVE co-hosted a special event with Random house Inc. at their namesake building in Manhattan.The event, hosted by a panel of executives including the book publishing company's CEO Peter Olson, acted as an open forum for college students and recent graduates interested in joining Random House as interns or Associates. The highly successful event was attended by an estimated 60 ... [Read More]

Posted on 2008-03-17 11:37 AM

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