Grants, Peer Recognition, and Awards:
- Awarded a total of $117,500 in grants to support cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship from 2010-2013
- US Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship – Winner of the Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program in the U.S. for 2012
- Small Business Institute – Best Practice Award 2011 for Creative Cross-Disciplinary Entrepreneurship
- Global Consortium or Entrepreneurship Centers – Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship across Disciplines for 2010
- Academy of Education Leadership – Creative and Innovative Education Award 2012
- Ranking by Citations to Published Research in the Field of Innovation
- RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) – A collaborative effort of volunteers in 75 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics
About the Creative Cross-Disciplinary Entrepreneurship Program:
- Transformative cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship curriculum
- Provides students with the knowledge and skills needed for the 21st Century
- Major, two minors, and graduate courses
- 42 courses cross-listed in 22 departments (Fall 2013)
- 7 cross-disciplinary profiles allow for customization and expansion
- Creative Industries
- Family Business
- Franchising
- Health Care Entrepreneurship
- International Entrepreneurship
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Science, Technology, and Innovation Entrepreneurship
Enrollment Statistics:
- 132 Majors: B.S. Entrepreneurship
- 86 Minors: Business and Non-Business Students
- 663 students enrolled for Fall 2012 (duplicates removed)
- 3.88% of the Fall 2012 student body (approx. 656 students) have taken at least 1 Entrepreneurship class
- 20.22% of students taking Entrepreneurship classes (approx. 3,422 students) are taking more than 1 Entrepreneurship class in the Fall 2012 semester
Faculty:
- ECDP Coordinating Council – 30 members across the 7 profiles
- 9 Coleman Entrepreneurship Fellows 2010-2013
- 32 Speakers and 18 Events and Workshops since 2007
- Output:
- 19 refereed journal articles
- 11 scholarly books
- 10 refereed book chapters
- 8 published cases
- 77 conference presentations
- Congressional testimony
- $794,000 in extramural research grants