Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership to Hold Open Houses

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) will hold informal open houses for individuals interested in the CEL Core program from 5-7 p.m. on Feb. 12 and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 20 in the Jacobs Executive Development Center, 672 Delaware Ave.

The CEL Core program is a 10-month opportunity designed to help Western New York businesses and entrepreneurs improve their bottom-line and be successful. The program is accepting applications for September enrollment.

Althea Luehrsen, executive director of the CEL, and several Core program alumni will be available to answer questions at the open houses.

"The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership alumni network is now more than 550 strong," Luehrsen said. She estimates that CEL alumni employ more than 20,000 Western New Yorkers and are worth nearly $3 billion to the local economy.

For more information on the open houses, call 716-885-5715, email or visit http://mgt.buffalo.edu/cel.

The Wall Street Journal ranks the UB School of Management 10th in the nation among schools with strong regional recruiting bases. In addition, BusinessWeek ranks the school as one of the country's top 5 business schools for the fastest return on MBA investment and Forbes cites it as one of the best business schools in the U.S. for the return on investment it provides MBA graduates. For more information about the UB School of Management, visit http://mgt.buffalo.edu.