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July 2006

Wake Forest named a top school for entrepreneurship

TechKnowledge Point Corp. has ranked Wake Forest University among the nation's top 13 universities for entrepreneurship in its fourth annual ranking.

TechKnowledge, an entrepreneurship and business-development research company, ranks the nation's top 100 entrepreneurial universities by the comprehensiveness of its program, the emphasis placed on the program and the curriculum.

Wake was ranked in the group's second tier in 2005, which placed it among the top 26 universities.

- Winston-Salem Journal, April 11, 2006

Spring 2006, New Venture Competition Winners

The University Center for Entrepreneurship sponsored a Spring 2006 New Venture Competition with entries due in April 2006. The competition was open to all students, faculty, and staff.

The following students received awards for their submissions:

  • Drew Crofton and Will Rawley - College Garage
  • Rebecca Cannon – Fayetteville Impact Productions (FIP)
  • Timothy Chilleri and Brad Hughes – LeftyLandOnline
  • Alex Ronald – Locke Designs
  • Ben Brady – SalesMain.net
  • Will Nathan and Jon Updike – Collaborate Venture Creation

Congratulations to these students!

Aqualutions wins Grand Prize

Aqualutions, LLC, a company started by undergraduates at WFU was awarded a Grand Prize in the Growth Acceleration Program competition sponsored by the Piedmont Triad Entreprenuerial Network. Based on competition with a number of other companies, Aqualutions made the five semi-finalists to compete for one of three grand prizes of $30,000. Sarah Yocum, who graduated with a degree in Biology last year is now a fifth year Kauffman Entrepreneur intern. She is CEO of the company and was the principle presented for each level of competition. Click to read the announcement in The Business Journal



New!! Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Minor (ESE)

The Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts now offers an interdisciplinary Minor in Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise. Through this minor we hope to encourage students to take advantage of their knowledge, imaginative skills, and resources to identify and pursue opportunities, initiate change, and create value in their lives and the lives of others. Contact the Office for information.

Fall 2005, Round Two New Venture Plan Competition Winners

The University Center for Entrepreneurship sponsored round two New Venture Competition with entries due August 2005. The competition was open to all students, faculty and staff.

The following students and faculty received awards for their submissions:

  • Sarah Yocum - Aqualutions, LLC
  • Ben Whiting, Matt Gutschick - Breath to Form (Theatre - Magic)
  • Stephen Boyd - The Darryl Hunt Project
  • Jeanne Simonelli - Investing in Children: a partnership for maternal-child health in Chiapas
  • Gary Miller - Virtual Nutrition Education
  • Ken Berenhaut - University Center for Quantitative Bounds
  • Ray Kuhn - Development of Oral Immunoprophylaxis for Aquatic Organisms


Spring 2005, Round One New Venture Plan Competition Winners

The University Center for Entrepreneurship sponsored the first New Venture Competition with entries due April 29. The competition was open to all students, faculty and staff.

The following students and faculty received awards for their submissions:

  • Scott Hurff: A central online community for political communications
  • Alden Speake: An online shopping service
  • Robert Brooks, Josh Holden, Rubie Daniel, Kreg Rotthoff: Chameleon LLC
  • Jason Mosberg: An online shopping site for original and rare products
  • Dr. Ananda Mitra: Piedmont Triad area study


Spring 2005, Best Ideas in Liberal Arts Contest

The University Center for Entrepreneurship sponsored a competition to encourage novel thinking and new innovative ideas for using the internet to create value in liberal arts fields of study. The deadline for submissions was February 25. The contest was open to all students.

The following students received awards for their ideas:
  • Natalie Bonomo (on behalf of 3 to 4 Ounces Literary Magazine): An On-line gallery where students, faculty and staff can exhibit and sell their works of art.
  • Julius Cave: A Democracy Website project (an on-line collection of resources specifically targeted to underserved student populations)
  • Hunter Schimpff: Language Learning via the Internet (a comprehensive language website that would also link language instructors with individuals wishing to learn a language)
  • William Brown and Jessie Vogel: Design and sell original and unique stuffed robots via the Internet stuffedrobot.com

Congratulations to these students!

Design Competition Winner Announced

The Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts sponsored a competition to create a design image that reflects an encompassing definition of entrepreneurship and reflects the spirit of the Kauffman initiatives on this campus. The image will be used in a variety of ways: on the web, in posters, flyers to promote opportunities available to students and faculty as a result of the grant.

The deadline for submissions was October 1, 2004. Designs were submitted by eight designers. The designs were evaluated on October 19th and a design by Craig Fansler, staff member in the Library, was chosen. Our design "World on a String" is displayed throughout our website.