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Tramont to be Honored by Small Business Administration
By Jacqueline Ghosen
Release Date: March 31, 2010 This content is archived.
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Janine Tramont will receive the District Women in Business Champion of the Year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration's Buffalo District office.
Tramont is the business development and special programs assistant in the University at Buffalo School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL).
She is being recognized for consistently working to connect women and minority business owners to resources and networking opportunities with other entrepreneurs to help strengthen their business connections.
In addition, Tramont helped form an alumni association for the CEL's Allstate Minority and Women Emerging Entrepreneurs program.
Tramont and 12 other award recipients will be recognized at the Small Business Week awards luncheon on May 12 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.
The UB School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurship has been assisting area entrepreneurs for more than 21 years. Nearly 700 CEL alumni employ more than 22,000 Western New Yorkers, and their businesses are worth more than $2 billion to the local economy. In addition to its Core and Strategic Entrepreneurship programs, the center offers a Hi-Tech program for early-stage life sciences companies, the Henry A. Panasci Technology Entrepreneurship Competition for students and recent graduates, and the Allstate Minority and Women Emerging Entrepreneurs program.
The UB School of Management is recognized for its emphasis on real-world learning, community and economic impact, and the global perspective of its faculty, students and alumni. The Wall Street Journal has ranked the UB School of Management as one of the nation's top business schools, and Forbes has cited it as one of the best business schools in the U.S. for the return on investment it provides MBA graduates. In addition, the school's part-time MBA program and its undergraduate business program have earned recognition in BusinessWeek. For more information about the UB School of Management, visit http://mgt.buffalo.edu.
