Outreach

BEACON offers business, economic, workforce, and community development consulting and assistance services to a variety of organizations, including businesses, government agencies, and non-profit community-based organizations.

The SU Perdue School of Business offers a unique program titled "Business in the Atrium". This program invites you to visit the Perdue School to conduct information sessions, provide mock interview assistance, resume critiques, etc. The building provides an excellent informal environment for employers to come and network with our outstanding students. The activities are centered at an Information Table in the Atrium, the lobby of Perdue Hall, with its multiple gathering areas and video wall.

Entrepreneurship provides aspiring student and community entrepreneurs resources for discovery, idea assessment, business plan development, and competitions readiness through its Innovation Entrepreneurship and Economic Hub, Dave and Patsy Rommel Center for Entrepreneurship, and its programs with the goal to support, mentor, and launch businesses into the community.

From Arthur W. Perdue’s 1908 diploma from Eastern Shore Business College to Frank Perdue’s legendary commercials to international products overseen by Jim Perdue today, the Perdue Museum (link pending) is a treasure trove of Perdue history. Computer stations allow visitors to search through the company’s digital archives. Also included is a rotating display honoring entrepreneurs that share Perdue’s values.

The SBDC helps establish and expand small businesses all over Maryland's Eastern Shore through professional training for start-up/growth ventures and no-cost confidential business consulting service.