The Minority Entrepreneurship Collaboration Center for Advancement (MECCA) serves as a hub of campus and community entrepreneurial activities fostering the growth of emerging entrepreneurs and cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurs from minority and under-resourced communities. MECCA provides educational training and services to assist individual entrepreneurship, establishes partnerships with local centers for entrepreneurship, and provides counseling services to entrepreneurs in developing markets. MECCA hosts and sponsors workshops and educational seminars in collaboration with community partners.