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Social Entrepreneurship Salon to Focus on Supporting Senior Citizens March 29 at WIU-QC

March 22, 2018

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MOLINE, IL - The Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Social Entrepreneurship Salon will offer a presentation on assisted living at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29 on the WIU-QC campus, 3300 River Drive.

The event is free and open to the public and will be held in Riverfront Hall Rooms 103/104. The purpose of the event is to explore creative and sustainable solutions for how to support and care for senior citizens as they face the end of life. A panel discussion on the topic will include presenters Leslie O'Ryan, WIU-QC Counselor Education professor at WIU-QC,Jennifer Glackin, ombudsman of Alternatives for Older Adults, and Pam Myers of Friendship Manor in Rock Island.

According to James Rabchuk, physics professor and assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Social Entrepreneurship Salon was established at WIU-QC in 2016 to explore ways that entrepreneurship can lead to creative solutions that stabilize and grow communities. This year's series, co-sponsored by Western's College of Arts and Science and College of Business and Technology, has the overall theme of "Community."

"We invite the public to join us in exploring the ways in which entrepreneurship can deliberately and positively impact a community's economic, cultural, social, and environmental well-being," Rabchuk said.

Refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact Rabchuk at (309) 762-7095, ext. 62352 or ja-rabchuk@wiu.edu.

Posted By: Alison McGaughey (AR-McGaughey@wiu.edu)
Office of University Communications & Marketing