Shepherd Entrepreneurship and Research Corporation
The Shepherd Entrepreneurship and Research Corporation (SERC) is a not-for-profit corporation (501(c)(3)) established to function in all respects as a non-profit, charitable, educational, and scientific corporation affiliated with Shepherd University and to, in all respects, provide support for and assistance to Shepherd University in its operations, including but not limited to the facilitation of research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and development grants. In addition, SERC shall endeavor to foster and support research and innovation at Shepherd University and to provide evaluation, development, patenting, management, and marketing services, as appropriate, for the faculty, staff, and students of the University, always consistent with the provisions of Article 12, Chapter 18B of the Code of West Virginia. In furtherance of these purposes, the Corporation may exercise all rights and powers conferred by the laws of the State of West Virginia upon nonprofit corporations.