Lamberti Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
The Donald F. and Charlene K. Lamberti Center for Rural Entrepreneurship is a place where new businesses will grow as jobs are created, impacting Iowa's rural revival.
Located in downtown Storm Lake, The Foundry supports entrepreneurs and serves as a hub for innovation, education, and economic development in the community. Learn about the Foundry
The potential to create a prosperous community lies within the power to cultivate economic growth, and the Lamberti Center for Rural Entrepreneurship strives to serve as the catalyst to revitalize our rural communities. Through the Center, new businesses will launch, jobs will be created, individuals will be empowered to define their future, and the ethical business leaders of tomorrow will be educated.
The Center’s applied programming teaches the skills to build a prosperous future for students and their communities. The Center’s idea incubator, called The Foundry, supports local businesses and entrepreneurs by providing the training and resources for success and prosperity. Our goal is to help rural America not only survive—but thrive.
Entrepreneurship Minor
An academic minor in rural entrepreneurship is being developed, with an applied, practical approach to business education.
The Foundry
An incubator to encourage entrepreneurship, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. The Foundry serves as a central space where ideas are developed and nurtured.
Innovative Programming
Academic offerings put students’ signature skills in problem solving, effective communication, and integrative learning in overdrive.
$1 Million Gift Funds BVU’s Invest in Rural Iowa Scholarship Program
An anonymous donor believing in Buena Vista University’s mission to make Northwest Iowa thrive has given the University $1 million for student scholarships.
Stepping forward to fund BVU’s Invest in Rural Iowa Scholarship Program, the benefactor pledges to provide four years of scholarship assistance to new enrolled students from Northwest Iowa who demonstrate significant financial need while showing high potential to return to their rural communities to be engaged, supportive citizens.
BVU Joins Forces with Iowa Lakes Corridor in Winning Google.org Grant
BVU’s Center for Rural Entrepreneurship in the Harold Walter Siebens School of Business joins the Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation to embark on a “Match, Learn, Launch” initiative. This project pairs retiring business owners with up-and-coming business operators throughout Iowa and provides mentoring and educational support to new entrepreneurs from succession match to new launch.
Meet the Director
Gary Sterling
Sterling, an executive with more than 30 years of business leadership in the medical-device industry, is the director of The Donald F. and Charlene K. Lamberti Center for Rural Entrepreneurship.
Sterling@bvu.edu
712.749.2419
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