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NACCE, North America’s leading advocate for entrepreneurship education and programming for community and technical colleges, has named Tallahassee State College (TSC) as the 2025 recipient of its Entrepreneurial College of the Year award.

CARY, NORTH CAROLINA / ACCESS Newswire / October 7, 2025 / The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), North America’s leading advocate for entrepreneurship education and programming for community and technical colleges, has named Tallahassee State College (TSC) as the 2025 recipient of its Entrepreneurial College of the Year award.

TSC has distinguished itself as an entrepreneurial leader through innovative initiatives, including:

• Reef restoration and sustainability – Led by the Wakulla Environmental Institute at TSC, the college has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Tall Timbers to deploy more than 1,000 concrete reef domes off the coast of Wakulla County in Florida’s Panhandle. These structures support oyster cultivation, protect shorelines from erosion, and mitigate the impacts of rising sea levels.

• Advancing artificial intelligence – In partnership with the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, TSC hosted the inaugural AI Innovation Summit, convening regional leaders in education, business, government, technology, and healthcare to examine how AI is transforming the way we live, work, and learn. Building on this momentum, TSC and the Chamber now co-host a monthly webinar series to help the community embrace AI. President Jim Murdaugh also shared TSC’s approach on a global scale, serving as a panelist at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

• Excellence in workplace culture – TSC has earned multiple national recognitions that underscore its commitment to employees and institutional innovation. In 2025, the college was named one of the Great Colleges to Work For® and one of the Most Promising Places to Work for in Community Colleges by NISOD. The college also received the 2024-2025 Innovation of the Year Award from the League for Innovation for its professional development program, a data-driven framework that aligns training with strategic goals.

“President Jim Murdaugh has initiated a steady stream of innovative, entrepreneurial, and forward-thinking programs that have moved both the college and the community forward,” said Rebecca Corbin, president and CEO of NACCE. “His visionary leadership and ability to inspire teams that embrace innovation make TSC stand out as NACCE’s Entrepreneurial College of the Year. We are grateful for his longtime service as a NACCE Board and Executive Committee member.”

“On behalf of TSC, I am honored to accept NACCE’s Entrepreneurial College of the Year Award,” said Murdaugh. “This recognition affirms the spirit of innovation and collaboration that defines who we are as an institution. By fostering an entrepreneurial mindset, we empower our faculty, staff, and students to turn challenges into opportunities. This is a reflection of the collective energy, creativity, and commitment that make TSC a force for positive change.”

About NACCE

NACCE is an organization of thousands of educators, administrators, presidents, and entrepreneurs focused on igniting entrepreneurship in their communities and on their campuses. NACCE has two main goals: to empower college leaders to approach the business of running a community college with an entrepreneurial mindset; and to grow the community college’s role in supporting job creation and entrepreneurs in their local ecosystems. In 2023, NACCE acquired the SkillPointe technology platform, a free career exploration tool providing information and support for in-demand skilled trades jobs and resources for business startups. Visit: www.nacce.com.

About TSC

Established in 1966, Tallahassee State College is dedicated to providing high-quality educational opportunities for students from Leon, Gadsden, and Wakulla counties, as well as from throughout the state, nation, and abroad. TSC offers a wide range of academic and workforce training programs, including associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and in-demand certifications. It is consistently ranked as one of the top colleges in the nation. Visit: tsc.fl.edu.

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Editor
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SOURCE: National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship

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PeekDirect™ Delivers Transparent and Affordable Pricing for Brand and Specialty Drugs to Reduce Prescription Costs for Employers and Patients

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / October 8, 2025 / Peek, a leading healthcare technology company, today announced the launch of PeekDirect™ pricing for IMULDOSA^® (ustekinumab-srlf), a biosimilar to Stelara^® (ustekinumab), delivering transparent and dramatically lower costs to employers and patients.

Effective immediately, IMULDOSA will be available through the Peek Meds Marketplace.

This direct model bypasses the traditional rebate-driven pricing system, ensuring employers and patients benefit from true savings at the point of prescription.

IMULDOSA is a biosimilar to Stelara, a biologic therapy widely prescribed for autoimmune conditions such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis. By removing hidden rebates and markups, PeekDirect pricing ensures predictable, sustainable costs for high-impact specialty medications.

“Peek is about bringing transparency and fairness back into the healthcare system,” said Michael Navin, CEO of Peek. “Employers can now offer meaningful savings, while patients gain direct access to affordable therapies without barriers.”

About Peek

Peek is a healthcare technology company that connects biopharma, employers, and patients with affordable, direct access to specialty and high-cost medicines through our innovative cost-transparency platform, Peek Meds Marketplace. By eliminating unnecessary intermediaries, Peek helps organizations deliver better benefits while lowering costs and improving access. For more information, visit peekmeds.com.

For all inquiries, contact hello@peekmeds.com.

SOURCE: Peek Healthcare Technologies, Inc.

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CARY, NC / ACCESS Newswire / October 8, 2025 / The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), North America’s leading advocate for entrepreneurship education and programming for community and technical colleges, has named Michael Baston, J.D., Ed.D., of Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) as the 2025 recipient of its Entrepreneurial President of the Year award.

Under President Michael Baston’s leadership, the college has developed 24 new employer-aligned programs since 2022 in high-growth sectors such as advanced manufacturing, clean energy, health care, and AI. Through its partnerships with local businesses and public agencies, Tri-C has established itself as one of the region’s major talent pipelines and a hub for 21^st-century workforce development.

“Tri-C is Ohio’s oldest and largest community college serving 40,000 students annually. President Baston has cultivated pathways that bridge education and employment,” said Rebecca Corbin, president and CEO of NACCE. “With 94 percent of credit students and 98 percent of non-credit students either entering the workforce, continuing their education, or pursuing advanced credentials, Tri-C has demonstrated a powerful return on its entrepreneurial mission and investment.”

“I am deeply honored to receive this recognition from NACCE. This award is a testament to the talent and tenacity of the students, faculty, staff, and community partners of Cuyahoga Community College. Together, we are building pathways that transform potential into prosperity and ensure that our region is prepared for the future of work. Entrepreneurship in higher education is about more than creating businesses – it’s about creating opportunities,” said President Baston, a member of the NACCE Board of Directors.

About Michael Baston

Before joining Tri-C, Baston served as president of Rockland Community College in New York where he pioneered the college’s pivot to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also served as vice president for Student Affairs and associate provost at LaGuardia Community College. He earned his B.S. from Iona University, his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, and his Ed.D. in Executive Leadership from St. John Fisher University.

About NACCE

NACCE is an organization of educators, administrators, presidents, and entrepreneurs focused on igniting entrepreneurship in their communities and campuses. NACCE has two goals: to empower college leaders to approach the business of running a community college with an entrepreneurial mindset; and to grow the community college’s role in supporting job creation and entrepreneurs in local ecosystems. In 2023, NACCE acquired the SkillPointe technology platform, a free career exploration tool providing information and support for in-demand skilled trades jobs and business startups. Visit: www.nacce.com.

About Tri-C

Tri-C opened in 1963 as Ohio’s first community college and offers the lowest tuition in the state. The college has provided high-quality, affordable education and programs to more than 1.2 million community members, fueling economic growth and meeting workforce needs throughout Northeast Ohio. Tri-C is among the top institutions in the nation in conferring associate degrees. Visit: tri-c.edu.

SOURCE: National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 8, 2025 / Culture always catches up to innovation. And when Rolling Stone is among those spotlighting the change, you can bet that its going mainstream sooner rather than later. This time, the culture content provider sang a tune about recycling, saying “plastic promises are dead and proof is the new flex”. When it’s written in Rolling Stone, the message reads as more than just another sustainability story. It’s a generational pivot.

From there, USA Today, The Straits Times, Morning Honey, OPIS, and The Los Angeles Tribune joined the chorus, each showing how SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is turning the circular economy into something the world can finally verify. And profit from.

Rolling Stone didn’t romanticize the movement; it reframed it. Sustainability doesn’t need more slogans – it needs evidence. SMX provides it. Its molecular marking technology gives materials a digital memory – a fingerprint that stays with every product through recycling, reuse, or resale. Circularity ceased to be a concept the moment SMX made it measurable.

From Pop Culture to Mainstream Policy

Then USA Today grounded that cultural swing with numbers, noting that the $824 billion plastics market isn’t short on ambition, it’s short on traceability – exactly what SMX’s platform delivers. When a product can prove where it came from, what it’s made of, and how it moves, the result isn’t just cleaner reporting; it’s fewer losses, fewer disputes, and stronger margins. That’s the moment proof stops being paperwork and starts becoming profit.

The conversation didn’t stop with the mainstream. The Straits Times highlighted Singapore’s digital passport for plastics – a framework that could easily plug into SMX’s technology across ASEAN. OPIS detailed how digitalizing waste turns landfill costs into certified assets, while Morning Honey made the connection between transparent supply chains and fairer consumer outcomes. Even Sourcing Journal picked up the signal, tracing SMX’s molecular markers through lambskin and leather to make fashion accountability more than just a talking point.

And then came the mic drop. The Los Angeles Tribune captured the transition in one headline: “Carbon Credits Had Their Day.” The replacement? SMX’s Plastic Cycle Token (PCT) – a verified proof system that turns recycled materials into tradable assets. The cultural script flipped: sustainability stopped asking for attention and started commanding value.

The Proof as Currency Movement

Together, these voices aren’t reporting a trend – they’re acknowledging a shift. Culture, policy, and commerce have aligned around the same reality: transparency wins. When Rolling Stone calls you a flex, USA Today calls you a market, and The Straits Times covers your framework, the story isn’t being written. It’s being proven.

This isn’t a lifestyle fad or a compliance checkbox. SMX’s technology spans plastics, rubber, textiles, metals, and electronics, giving every material its own digital identity in a world that’s finally demanding transparency instead of politely asking for it. Governments see the regulatory solution. Brands see measurable accountability. Investors see the scalability.

That’s a win for everyone – especially the planet. It’s taken time, but now, with culture, commerce, and policy all echoing the same note, SMX isn’t chasing headlines anymore. It’s inspiring them. Every collaboration, every pilot, every policy partnership adds to the growing proof that transparency isn’t a promise; it’s the new standard.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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MARTINEZ, CA / ACCESS Newswire / October 8, 2025 / SHC today announced it has completed the acquisition of Convenience Store Fixtures, based in Riverside, California.

CSF, founded nearly 30 years ago, has been a trusted brand and dominant player in the convenience store foodservice equipment industry. From coolers to counters, and fryers to soda machines, CSF delivers the products and services that keep convenience stores on the front foot. With nationwide coverage and highly experienced installer teams, CSF is proud to count brands like Chevron ExtraMile and Arco AM/PM as part of the family. Under the direction of former owner Wayne Sinclair, the CSF team will continue to operate from their headquarters in Riverside, CA.

Founded in 1917, SHC is a leader in fueling equipment, retail automation, foodservice equipment, managed inventory, and EV charging solutions. SHC currently has 8 locations, providing nationwide distribution coverage.“This acquisition fits our strategy of offering a high-quality, whole-site solution under one roof. We’re grateful to add another world-class brand that shares our values and passion for those we serve”, said SHC President Niazi Alzouhbi.

SOURCE: Shields Harper & Co

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The Michael Jackson Bad World Tour Keepsake Premiere Collection will debut on December 15, 2025, celebrating the King of Pop’s first solo tour, which kicked off on September 12, 1987, with a range of card designs.

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / October 8, 2025 / Keepsake Trading Cards is proud to announce the release of the first premium Michael Jackson collectible trading card collection in recent years.

The Michael Jackson Bad World Tour Keepsake Premiere Collection will debut on December 15, 2025, celebrating the King of Pop’s first solo tour, which kicked off on September 12, 1987, with a range of card designs.

This one-of-a-kind collection will feature Private Collection relic cards containing actual pieces from a pair of Michael Jackson’s Bad World Tour-worn gloves purchased by Keepsake at auction.

In addition, a randomly inserted 1 of 1 masterpiece card will feature an original cut Michael Jackson signature autograph purchased by Keepsake at auction, making it among the most rare and coveted collectible in music trading card history.

The product line will be available in multiple formats, offering collectors and fans at every level the opportunity to purchase a box:

• Hobby Box – 16 packs | SRP $59.95

• Breakers Box – 2 packs | SRP $59.95 with a guaranteed hit numbered to 16 or less per box and exclusive Breakers Box limited parallels

• Blaster Box – 8 packs | SRP $29.95

• Hanger Box – 4 packs | SRP $14.95

• Hanger Pack – 4 cards | SRP $5.95

The Hobby Box & Breakers Box will officially release on December 15, 2025 while the Retail offerings will hit stores and retailers on January 23, 2026.

To further honor the history of the Bad World Tour, the collection will feature unique, symbolic numbering and parallels that connect directly to certain facts relating to the tour:

• Red Parallel (/87) – A tribute to 1987, the year the tour began.

• Gold Parallel (/17) – Representing the 17 months from Sept 87 through Jan 89 that the Bad Tour spanned.

• Platinum Parallel (/15) – Marking the 15 countries where Michael performed on this tour.

• Base Set (123 cards) – Reflecting the 123 total concerts performed worldwide as part of this tour.

In total, the collection’s checklist will include over 300 unique cards-from base and parallel variations to inserts, relics, and the one-of-a-kind cut signature card-ensuring depth and excitement for collectors at every level.

To place your pre-orders, visit https://keepsaketradingcards.com/products/michael-jackson-bad-world-tour-keepsake-premiere-collection-hobby-box and secure your boxes today.

ABOUT KEEPSAKE TRADING CARDS

Keepsake Trading Cards is renowned for their exceptional quality and innovative designs. Specializing in creating unique and memorable trading cards, Keepsake takes pride in celebrating icons and exceptional moments in history for music, pop culture, and entertainment.

For more information, visit keepsaketradingcards.com and on all social platforms @keepsaketradingcards

Media Contact:

Mathew Ezer
Marketing
Keepsake Trading Cards
mathew@superproductscorporation.com
310-755-9955

SOURCE: Super Products Inc.

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