HAYS, Kan. – Carolina Recchi, a tech entrepreneur who is co-chief executive officer and co-founder of EdSights, will be the next speaker in the Entrepreneur Direct series from Fort Hays State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship.

Admission is free to the campus community and the public. She will speak from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Eagle Communications Hall in the Robbins Center at Fort Hays State.

The event includes a reception.

EdSights uses artificial intelligence to help universities increase graduation rates. The company works with universities all over the nation and recently secured $1 million in funding from Techstars, Rondo Ventures, and the Kauffman Foundation.

Recchi, 25, with her sister and co-founder Claudia, immigrated to the United States from Italy to attend college. Carolina graduated from Babson College, Wellesley, Mass., with a degree in international business. She is a 2018 Techstars accelerator program graduate.

To date, her company has saved colleges $1.8 million in tuition revenue. Carolina is 25 years old.

Entrepreneur Direct is a speaker series presented by the Center for Entrepreneurship, housed in Fort Hays State’s W.R. and Yvonne Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship.