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Creativity: Worlds in the Making: A National SymposiumBe inspired! Featured keynote speakers include New York Times best-selling author and social entrepreneurship champion David Bornstein, interdisciplinary performance pioneer and MacArthur Fellow Meredith Monk, David Edwards, acclaimed scientist and entrepreneur and founder of a new "Artscience" lab in Paris, award-winning film and video maker, poet and author Abigail Child, renowned astrophysicist Josh Frieman of Fermilab and Emil Kang, University of North Carolina's bold new director of Carolina Performing Arts. Breakout sessions ranging from panel presentations to the interactive and performative will be conducted by over 50 presenters from over 30 higher education institutions from North America, pointing the way to comprehensive creative engagement for a future humane with imagination and intent on productive change. We hope you’ll join us for this essential symposium during this new era of creative possibility.
Hobbs Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement -- The Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts at Wake Forest University is proud to announce the initiation of the Hobbs Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement for Student and Faculty Entrepreneurs. The two awards of $2500 are made possible through the Russell D. and Elfriede Hobbs Fund for Entrepreneurship and the Liberal Arts from a gift of endowment of $1 million from Russ Hobbs, a 1988 Wake Forest graduate and founder of Blue Ocean Software. The Student Award will recognize the most outstanding and innovative student entrepreneurship venture, for-profit or not-for-profit, whether founded by an individual or by an entrepreneurial team. The Award shall be used for implementing or growing the venture. The Faculty Award will recognize one Wake Forest faculty member or team who has made an outstanding contribution to the study and/or practice of entrepreneurship, either through exceptional support of the university’s Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts through teaching and mentoring, or through the creation and continuation of a unique and innovative entrepreneurial endeavor. Eligibility: This award is open to all current Wake Forest faculty and students, across all departments and degree programs, on both the Reynolda and Bowman Gray campuses. See the links below for details about application format. Students and faculty who wish to apply should submit their application by 5pm on Monday, April 6, 2009 to:
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