Department of Education, University of Florida

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

University of Florida

University of Florida’s Small Business Mentoring Initiative

ANNOUNCING CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA’S SMALL BUSINESS MENTORING INITIATIVE

The University of Florida Small Business Mentoring Initiative Steering Committee announces a call for applications from potential mentors and potential protégés for participation in the University of Florida’s Small Business Mentoring Initiative. The Steering committee will review submitted applications meeting the criteria for submission in order to make a decision regarding firms that will be selected to participate in this year’s (FY 2014-2015) initiative. The mentoring initiative has been expanded to include the selection of non-construction related mentor/protégé pairings (e.g. commodities to commodities or commodities to services pairing) and selection of Consultant Firms (e.g. Architectural and/or Engineering firms) for participation in this initiative. Firms wishing to be considered for participation in the University of Florida’s Small Business Mentoring Initiative should complete an application and submit it by mail, email or fax, no later than August 22, 2014, to the following:

University of Florida

Small Business & Vendor Diversity Relations

109 Elmore Hall, P.O. Box 115250

Gainesville, FL 32611-5250

email: [e-mail]

Fax: [phone]

This initiative is designed to promote small business development, enhance business knowledge and experience, foster increased business capacity, and provide small businesses access to opportunities at the University of Florida.

An event to kick off this phase of the 2014-2015 Mentoring Initiative will take place at 3:00 pm on Thursday, August 14, 2014, at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center, 1714 SW 34th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32607. Firms planning to attend this event should RSVP to Ms. Darlean Manning, Small Business & Vendor Diversity Relations Division, via phone [phone] or email: [e-mail].

Additional information regarding the Mentoring Initiative, including application and criteria for submission , may be obtained by accessing the Small Business & Vendor Diversity Division’s website at www.sbvdr.admin.ufl.edu or by contacting the Small Business & Vendor Diversity Relations Division at [phone], [e-mail].

Firms having participated previously may re-apply for participation in the 2014-2015 Mentoring Class.