ASBTDC at Tech Wins Regional Award

The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center regional office located at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville received a 2016 Small Business Development Center Excellence and Innovation Center Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration during a luncheon at Embassy Suites in Little Rock on Tuesday, May 3.

The award recognized the center at Arkansas Tech as No. 1 in a five-state region that includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, the honor is designated for high achieving small business development centers “for their excellence in providing value to small businesses and advancing program delivery and management through innovation.”

Nominated entities are judged upon their ability to meet or exceed performance milestones, develop innovative techniques in promoting small businesses and serve as an advocate for the small business community.

Nathan George (photographed, middle) serves as director of the ASBTDC regional office at Arkansas Tech. Ronda Hawkins (photographed, right) is the office’s training specialist and business consultant, while Tracie White (photographed, left) fulfills the duties of administrative assistant.

The ASBTDC regional office at Arkansas Tech serves a nine-county region — Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Yell. The office is located on the fourth floor of Rothwell Hall at 106 West O Street in Russellville.

Among the services offered at ASBTDC regional offices are consulting, training and market research. Arkansas Tech has been home to a regional office of the ASBTDC since 2010.

For more information about the services offered by the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center regional office at Arkansas Tech, call (479) 356-2067 or visit www.atu.edu/asbtdc.