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The Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal ArtsThe Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts is located in 128 Manchester Hall. The Office coordinates the academic and co-curricular programs for undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Gatewood is the academic advisor for the Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Minor and the internship program for undergraduate students and non-MBA graduate students. Lisa Burton, the grant administrator, manages the office and serves as the coordinator for programs and various other projects.In addition to The Office, the University offers additional centers and programs for entrepreneurship where students will find co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities. Each supports different aspects of entrepreneurship, and forges connections with the entrepreneurial business community in different ways. The University Center for EntrepreneurshipThe University Center for Entrepreneurship opened in 2005 and is located in Kirby Hall. This center is a physical and intellectual place where both undergraduate and graduate students (all majors), staff, and faculty can find support to develop their ideas into new ventures. The University Center for Entrepreneurship provides a physical workspace for project teams and group meetings, houses an Internet laboratory for the development of Internet and electronic commerce applications, provides informal education and resources about developing new ventures, sponsors guest speakers, and helps to arrange mentoring relationships with the business community. More information about the University Center for Entrepreneurship is available here. For additional information, contact:Bren Varner John Ceneviva Program Director 336-758-3312 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The Program for Creativity and InnovationThe Program for Creativity and Innovation at Wake Forest University is an initiative of the Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts within Wake Forest University’s undergraduate Liberal Arts College. Lynn Book is the Director of the Program and is also Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance. She has developed a program that features a critical creativity that is holistic, interdisciplinary and socially engaged. The Program seeks to foster diverse perspectives and forge innovative forms of creative practice and outcomes that result in constructive change in the world. For more information, contact: Lynn Book The Babcock Demon IncubatorThe Babcock Demon Incubator is located across University Parkway opposite the east entrance to the Wake Forest University Campus.The incubator provides personalized services and relationships to growth-oriented, early stage ventures. The incubator offers both resident and non-residential support models. Incubator support includes business planning, investor introductions, linkages to entrepreneurial suppliers, faculty support when available, and consulting support from the incubator staff. The incubator can assist at all stages of business development ranging from idea development to team building and first round venture capital. The goal for the incubator is to support the commercialization activities of Wake Forest and launch businesses that have the potential to create significant economic impact in the Triad through jobs and business investment. Among the businesses to be housed in the incubator are winners of the Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network's annual business plan competition. Other ventures may request support by contacting. Mr. Tom Clarkson 336-831-5686 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The Angell Center for EntrepreneurshipThe Angell Center is located in the Babcock Graduate School of Management. Its mission is to unite the talents of entrepreneurs,students, and faculty as stewards in the pursuit of excellence within entrepreneurial outreach, curriculum and research. The Center acts as a resource for MBA students and area businesses that are starting a venture, exploring new horizons for an established, mid-sized firm or looking for ways to strengthen a family business. The Center offers a number of specialized programs:ProgramsSummer Entrepreneurial InternshipsInternships provide students with first-hand experience by allowing them to work directly with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. The Angell Center has added three internships within the social entrepreneurship domain. Interns receive course credit upon completion of an original teaching case with teaching notes based on their experience, a requirement that helps students bridge the theory-to-practice gap that can exist in MBA programs. Funding is provided through company support and by contributions from the Price Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, the Angell Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Program participation has grown to 16 interns and five faculty advisors.Family Business CenterThis program is one of the most successfully launched university-based family business centers. Participation includes five sponsoring organizations and 30 member companies representing more than 100 family members. Each year, the Family Business Center holds six or more programs that help our members create stronger families and more successful businesses. Recently, affinity roundtables were created to help participants explore in greater depth issues faced by senior generation and junior generation family members. http://www.mba.wfu.edu/fbc/Babcock Elevator CompetitionThis exciting national business plan competition takes student entrepreneurs from the ground floor to the boardroom. Staged at Wachovia Bank, teams present their plans to venture capitalists during two, two-minute elevator rides. The top six teams advance to full presentations made to an expanded group of venture capitalists. Winners receive a return trip to present their plans to a venture capital partnership group appropriate for their venture funding. http://www.mba.wfu.edu/elevator/KACE CompetitionThe Kauffman/Angell Center for Entrepreneurship National Case-Writing Competition is an outgrowth of Babcock's successful teaching case competition. Students prepare original teaching cases with teaching notes based on their summer internships. The inaugural competition, funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, was held in January 2001. The competition has received the Irwin-McGraw-Hill Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award, presented by the Academy of Management. See previous years' cases at http://www.mba.wfu.edu/ace/programs.html.For more information about the Angell Center for Entrepreneurship, contact: Dr. Stan Mandel, Director Babcock Graduate School of Management 336-758-3689 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it    |