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As you may have heard, last spring Premier Stephen MacNeil announced funding for development of The Nova Scotia Agricultural Sandbox (Read: “Sandboxes: A playground for student entrepreneurs”). Although it will be managed from the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, it brings together Dalhousie and Acadia, two universities with campuses connected to rural communities, each with a focus on supporting and growing the agricultural economy of Nova Scotia. The sandbox will be established upon a strong base of successful existing programming and entrepreneurial resources at both universities.

We are excited to announce our Sandbox now has a name- Cultiv8! Besides being a play on words, through idea generation, educational programming and facilitated networking, we will strive to cultivate:

1)            a remarkable student experience

2)            tomorrow’s industry leaders

3)            campus entrepreneurial spirit

4)            strategic relationships

5)            a culture of innovation

6)            a regional entrepreneurial ecosystem

7)            viable business opportunities

8)            success

Jolene MacEachern,Cultiv8 coordinator is working on the development of a working space in the MacRae library, where she will also call home. A campus kick-off event was held Friday, November 21^st  with an official public launch planned for January, 2015.

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