Business grant to help UM lower barriers for entrepreneurial women
An effort to lower barriers for entrepreneurial women received a boost from the Wells Fargo Foundation this month in the form of a $20,000 grant, one that enable the University of Montana to grow a program aimed at building a more equitable future. The Pursue Your Passion program, which opens for enrollment this month, will focus on meeting the needs of busy women who statistically bear the brunt of unpaid household work and care at more than twice the rate of men, according to a recent report. “(It) can meet the needs of women who have a less flexible schedule due to families, busy careers and other factors,” said Morgan Slemberger, director of the university’s Pursue Your Passions program. “We want to make it easier since availability can be a barrier to starting something new.” Slemberger, who also serves as the associate director of the Blackstone LaunchPad entrepreneurial program at UM, said the funding will support female-centered programming as the new course gets under...