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A personal story of learning to live according to what is significant and a special Entrepreneur Direct speaker will appear at Fort Hays State University in the same week in November.<\/p>\n
Both presentations are free and open to the public. BY UNIVERSITY RELATIONS A personal story of learning to live according to what is significant and a special Entrepreneur Direct speaker will appear at Fort… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41431,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41430\/revisions\/41431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe first speaker, Pete Smith, an internationally known speaker and coach in the fields of leadership, management, personal growth and development, will deliver an address titled \u201cDare to Matter: Rising to the Level of Significance\u201d at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the Memorial Union\u2019s Black and Gold Room. His appearance is sponsored by the university\u2019s Management Development Center and community partners.
\nOn Thursday, Nov. 8, Entrepreneur Direct, a speaker series conducted by Fort Hays State\u2019s Center for Entrepreneurship, will feature entrepreneur Peter J. Werth, FHSU alumnus and founder and CEO of ChemWerth Inc., from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. in the Robbin\u2019s Center\u2019s Eagle Communication Hall. FHSU\u2019s Peter Werth College of Science, Technology, and Mathematics is named for him.
\nPete Smith developed his guiding principles in answer to the question, \u201cIf you disappeared today, what impact would you leave on the world?\u201d He asked himself that question during his recovery from a stroke he suffered in 2010. The stroke changed the direction of his life.
\nIn the aftermath, he says, he thought, \u201cIs this really how I\u2019m going to go out? Did I change anyone\u2019s life? Did I do anything memorable?\u201d He has since used this experience to inspire, educate, and entertain audiences throughout the world on the importance of pursuing significance in their personal and professional lives.
\nHis energetic, edgy, and interactive style is complemented by his ability to provide practical takeaways that actually work, while having a little fun in the process.
\nFormerly, Smith worked in education as a director of high school programs. He took historically underperforming Mid-Atlantic regional schools to No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 rankings. Earlier in his career, he taught history at the ninth- and 11th-grade levels, and was a Career counselor at the high school level for four years.
\nThe FHSU Management Development Center has partnered with the Hays Area Chamber of Commerce, Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, and FHSU\u2019s Society for Human Resource Management Student Chapter to bring Smith to Hays.
\nThe address begins at 7 p.m.
\nThe day after his presentation, Smith will facilitate two workshops on leadership training.
\nFor more information, contact Hanna Hilker at the MDC, 785-628-4121.
\nPeter J. Werth\u2019s company, ChemWerth Inc., is a privately held, Connecticut-based corporation founded in 1982. It is a full-service generic drug development and supply company providing high quality active pharmaceutical ingredients to regulated markets worldwide.
\nAlong with his family, he has established the Werth Family Foundation to support various philanthropic causes, specifically in educational, cultural, and medical-related initiatives globally. Werth earned a B.S. degree in chemistry and math from Fort Hays State and an M.S. degree in organic chemistry from Stanford University.
\nEntrepreneur Direct is a free speaker series conducted by the Center for Entrepreneurship that features successful entrepreneurs in an informal setting accessible to students, faculty and the public. The program is intended to connect students with successful entrepreneurs who have stories and advice to share. A panel asks questions about entrepreneurship and encourages questions and interaction with the audience.
\nThe presentation begins at 10:30 a.m.
\nFor more information, contact David Snow, director of entrepreneurship for the Robbins College, at 785-628-4035 or by email to ddsnow@fhsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"