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Retina Software Receives GAP PrizeRetina Software, a company started by Wake Forest students Anthony Pecorella and Chandler Carruth, was recently awarded a Grand Prize in the Growth Accelerator Program competition sponsored by the Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network. Congratulations! Read the story in The Angel Journal. Campus-Wide Conference on Entrepreneurship EducationHandbook of University-Wide Entrepreneurship Education and Invited Conference at Wake Forest UniversityClick here to Register for the Conference. Space is limited for attendees who are not authors or co-authors. Registration for attendees is being taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here for a schedule of the presentations. Entrepreneurship education is of interest to university students and faculty outside the walls of the business school. New courses in creativity and venturing in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences are increasingly prevalent on campuses both in the U. S. and in other countries. At some universities entrepreneurship education is taught through business schools but attracts students from other disciplines. At others, new centers and funded programs seek to embed entrepreneurial approaches in both thinking and action in schools and disciplines outside the business school. Many of these efforts are experimental, lacking guidance from previous experience on other campuses. This handbook brings together in one volume a collection of papers that describe the philosophy, planning and implementation, and examples of best practices of entrepreneurship education initiatives across the university environment. The goal of this handbook is to provide a comprehensive guide for entrepreneurship curricula beyond the business school environment. We seek contributions in three areas: Philosophy & Theory. Emphasizing philosophies that provide support for the fusion or integration of entrepreneurship and other traditional approaches across the broader university, papers might include: • how entrepreneurship reinforces liberal arts learning goals • entrepreneurship as idealizing democracy • entrepreneurship and free market capitalism • entrepreneurship contributions to humanity • the nexus between entrepreneurship and scientific advancement Planning & Broad Implementation. Papers that deal with the politics & process of implementing entrepreneurship initiatives outside business schools, such as: • specific implementation approaches and program initiatives that have been developed on different campuses • common problems experienced in this process (e.g. defining entrepreneurship, communication process) and solution alternatives • issues germane to different types of academic environments (e.g. small college versus large university) or target populations within universities (e.g. liberal arts students, women students, African-American students, Hispanic students, science students, etc.) • measuring performance and the effectiveness of implementation efforts, or assessing how an entrepreneurship curriculum contributes to learning outcomes in other areas of the university Intersections with Other Disciplines. Fine-grained approaches to implementing entrepreneurship education in major divisions of universities outside business schools, including: • Humanities • Social Sciences • Arts and Performing Arts • Natural & Physical Sciences • Engineering & Medicine Within these contributions we seek specific examples of programmatic material used by contributors, such as sample syllabi, cross-disciplinary projects, not-for-profit and social enterprise initiatives, and community outreach beyond the boundaries of the campus, as well as a discussion of successes, learning, and revision ideas developed. Submitted papers will be considered for chapters in an edited volume to be published in 2008 by Edward Elgar. Authors of papers that generate new avenues of thought, and have the potential to contribute significantly to further dialogue in the field, will be invited to a special conference sponsored by Wake Forest University and the Kauffman Foundation on entrepreneurship education. The conference will be held in collaboration with Wake Forest University's Calloway School of Business and College of Arts and Sciences in Winston Salem, North Carolina from November 8-10, 2007, where the authors will have the opportunity to present their work to some of the leaders in their fields. Submitters should send the following: 1) Electronic copy of your manuscript in MS Word with a title page listing authors' names, affiliations, and contact information. 2) The title page should list one of the three categories, listed above, in which the paper should be considered (Philosophy, Planning, or Intersections). 3) A cover letter requesting consideration for the edited handbook and/or special conference. These materials should be sent via email to: Page West This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 336-758-4260 (phone) 336-758-6133 (fax) Submissions must be received by August 15, 2007. Key dates to remember: August 15, 2007 Submit paper November 8-10, 2007 Conference in North Carolina 2008 Handbook published Editors for the handbook include Page West, Wake Forest University Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Wake Forest University Kelly G. Shaver, College of Charleston Wake Forest Makes Two Rankings in Fortune Small BusinessThe entrepreneurship programs at Wake Forest have been listed among the top in the country by Fortune Small Business magazine. It is the first time that the magazine has compiled the rankings. Click the links below to read more:
Dr. Vikram Akula to SpeakDr. Vikram Akula, founder and CEO of SKS Microfinance of India and one of TIME magazine's most influential people in 2006, will be the first speaker for the 2007-2008 Babcock Leadership Series. SKS, which has given more than $205 million in loans since its founding in 1998, seeks to "empower the poor to become economically self-reliant by providing financial services in a sustainable manner." Akula, a Fulbright Scholar in India, holds a B.A. from Tufts, an M.A. from Yale and a Ph.D. in microfinance from the University of Chicago. Dr. Akula will speak on September 6, 2007 at 6 p.m. at the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312.For more information, visit the Babcock Website Social Event -- Cook-Out!August 30, 2007 -- 6 p.m. in Luter Residence Hall. For students, faculty, staff and friends of the entrepreneurship program.OPEN HOUSEEntrepreneurship and Liberal Arts Program OPEN HOUSEMonday, August 27, 2007 1 - 3 p.m. Kirby Hall, Room B02 Interested students can stop by anytime to learn more about the entrepreneurship program. |