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WINS STUDENT OF ECOTOURISM ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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With a project of sustainable tourism in Cochrane, Aysen Region, the student's Ecotourism Andrés Bello University, Sara Donoso Bascuñán, James McGuire won the Enterprise Award 2008 given by Laureate International Universities.

Andrés Bello Before a packed auditorium of enthusiastic colleagues, friends, family and teachers, Sara Donovan, a student of fourth year of the career of Ecotourism of our University, received on Thursday, October 9 Award to James McGuire Entrepreneurship granted by the network of academic Laureate International Universities.

The proposal that earned him $ 10,000 was the construction of a sustainable tourism lodge in Cochrane, XI Region, oriented to recreational fishing and various tourist activities.

The idea

The project, as was Sarah in her acceptance speech, born of his distant dream of spending their days "in a lodge located in a region that had not yet met, and today proved to be the Region Aysen ", an area that was recorded in depth during practice profesional.Su participation in this contest was almost a fluke, caused by the timely information given by her twin sister Elisa that" there was a meeting in the Dominican Republic for a contest that offers a prize Millionaire. " She, who recently returned from climbing, came to present their project without much expectation.

As for future plans, Sara continues to seek funding for the construction of the lodge, whose initial investment is 350 million pesos. "The idea is to start building late next year, but that depends a lot on finding good investors," he said. Once built, the lodge begin a trial run and then begin his first season with real clients in 2011.Por its part, the Rector of the Universidad Andrés Bello, Roland Kelly, congratulated the winner and urged the students present to "dare to translate into a realizable the beginning of what may become a successful business career. "

The award

Award to James McGuire Entrepreneurship is an internal competition Laureate International Universities participating universities in Chile, Peru and Ecuador. Its aim is to motivate students of all races and specialties to dream of creating their own empresa.Esta distinction arises as a tribute to one of the most prominent members of the board of Laureate, James McGuire, who currently chairs the investment firm NJK Holding Corporation, headquartered in Minneapolis, whose remarkable career has linked entrepreneurship.

Congratulations, Sarita!