{"id":85911,"date":"2025-04-08T08:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=85911"},"modified":"2025-04-08T08:54:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:54:26","slug":"open-houses-showcase-hansen-halls-entrepreneurial-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=85911","title":{"rendered":"Open Houses showcase Hansen Hall&#8217;s entrepreneurial spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By RORY MOORE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fort Hays State University\u2019s Robbins College of Business &amp; Entrepreneurship and Department of Management hosted three open houses last week inside Hansen Hall to highlight the facility\u2019s Entrepreneurial focus and elevation for students aspiring to enter the business world. The program showed students the benefits of its housing, success stories of past students and how the scholarship hall stands apart from other campus dorms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"578\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-85910\" data-id=\"85910\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hansen-Hall-2-of-4.jpg?resize=790%2C578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hansen-Hall-2-of-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C749&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hansen-Hall-2-of-4.jpg?resize=355%2C260&amp;ssl=1 355w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hansen-Hall-2-of-4.jpg?resize=150%2C110&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hansen-Hall-2-of-4.jpg?resize=768%2C562&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hansen-Hall-2-of-4.jpg?w=1081&amp;ssl=1 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Associate Professor Edward Vengrouskie explains why Hansen Hall is the perfect setting for aspiring business owners.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"599\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-85906\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Management Instructor Henry Schwaller gives an analysis of the facility&#8217;s three levels and 33 units.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"430\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-85905\" data-id=\"85905\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-of-4-1.jpg?resize=790%2C430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-of-4-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C557&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-of-4-1-scaled.jpg?resize=370%2C201&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-of-4-1-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C82&amp;ssl=1 150w, 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An open house for Hansen Hall was hosted last Wednesday to showcase the scholarship hall&#8217;s entrepreneurial spirit.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Edward Vengrouskie, associate professor of Management and Marketing, asserted Hansen Hall\u2019s reputation as an accelerator for business owners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of our students who leave our program don\u2019t start anything immediately,\u201d he said. \u201cThey go to work for a company and use those skills in an entrepreneurial setting. Companies today are crying for students who understand how to apply those skills within an organization. So, that full gamut is what we offer here. We have something very unique here, and when we say entrepreneurs thrive here, that\u2019s what we really mean.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry Schwaller, a senior lecturer of Management, briefly overviewed the program\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHansen Hall was funded mostly due to the generosity of the Dane G. Hansen Foundation,\u201d he said. \u201cMr. Hanson had a prominent business in Northwest Kansas. His empire went over 26 counties, and he was involved in a number of different businesses. When he died, he split his estate into two trusts. One took care of family members, and the other was strictly for philanthropy. The university entered the agreement with the Hansen Foundation in 2014 to build this structure, and they committed $3 million toward this $4 million building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three-level facility was established to encourage students to live inside its rooms and launch businesses while connecting with its entrepreneur-based community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur goal here is to provide students an opportunity to meet and interact with entrepreneurs they can associate with,\u201d Vengrouskie said. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about young entrepreneurs so our students can say, \u2018You know what, I can see myself doing that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vengrouskie highlighted business-oriented activities students partake in to compete with other entrepreneurs and hone their skills, along with the presence of international students from various countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe think this is the most exciting place to be [on campus], especially for students looking for more,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not a social dormitory. It\u2019s a living ecosystem in a learning environment, and even though we have a lot of fun here, we do work hard.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RORY MOORE Tiger Media Network Fort Hays State University\u2019s Robbins College of Business &amp; Entrepreneurship and Department of Management hosted three open houses last&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":85908,"comment_status":"closed","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":[3398,11],"tags":[625,10779,15700],"class_list":["post-85911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","category-news","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-hansen-hall","tag-rory-moore"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-of-4-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1038&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85911","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\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85913,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85911\/revisions\/85913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}