Coleman Fellows

Coleman Foundation Expands Support for Fellowship Program, Announces 2013-2014 Fellows Schools

Written by Clark McCain Friday, 17 May 2013 12:57

The Coleman Foundation Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows program expands into a fifth year with ramped up efforts to extend self-employment education across 19 university and college campuses.  The Coleman Foundation is committing nearly $500,000 for fellowship grants and program support at campuses involved in the 2013-2014 academic year program, a 70% increase over 2012-2013 levels.

Faculty Fellows are typically professors from outside the school of business at their institution.  They engage in the development of courses and leadership of projects in support of entrepreneurship education on their campus, inspiring students in non-business disciplines to gain self-employment skills and experience.  In the 2013-2014 campaign, 58 Coleman Foundation Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows in departments ranging from Anthropology and Biology to Robotics and Visual Arts will create new courses within their disciplines or modify existing ones to incorporate elements of self-employment education.

The 2012-2013 Class was comprised of faculty members from 16 colleges and universities.  This year, 13 of these schools will receive new Fellows grants and are joined by two institutions receiving funding for the first time as well as four schools which will rejoin the program.  In addition, funding will be provided to support the continuing efforts of 76 faculty members who received Fellowships in prior years as well many project directors who lead Fellows activities on campus.

Over the five years of the program, the Foundation has committed almost $1.6 million for fellowships and campus support grants and nearly $500,000 in related programming support.

Colleges and universities participating in the Coleman Fellows Program will include:

• Beloit College (WI)
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (CA)
• California State University, Fresno (CA)
• Colorado Mesa University (CO)
• DePaul University (IL)
• Finlandia University (MI)
• Illinois State University (IL)
• Lawrence Technological University (MI)
• Lawrence University (WI)
• McPherson College (KS)
• Millikin University (IL)
• North Central College (IL)
• Quincy University (IL)
• Saint Louis University (MO)
• Texas Christian University (TX)
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro (NC)
• Webster University (MO)
• Wichita State University (KS)
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)

Cal Poly Design Thinking forum

Written by Thea Chase Wednesday, 08 May 2013 13:11

April 29, 2013 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo held its last forum for this academic year – Design for Innovation. Design is an essential part of life. Participants at CIE’s last forum of the academic year got a rare chance to work with design mentors to plan, create and prototype a product based on a design goal.

Read more: Cal Poly Design Thinking forum

Entrepreneurship and Dance Workshop at the Spartan Trader Experiential Learning Lab and Retail Store

Written by Dianne Welsh Wednesday, 01 May 2013 08:14

April 19: Dance for Life!––Dance Department student organizations presented dance and entrepreneurship workshops at the Spartan Trader. This was part of the Coleman Foundation's Entrepreneurship Fellows Program. Delta Chi Zi, Dialekt Entertainment, Prime Movers, and a disciplinary honors project for a business plan by Maria-Elena Henry. Students presented workshops on the benefits of dance for people in all walks of life. The event was led by Dance Department Associate Professor and Coleman Fellow Duane Cyrus.

TCU Business of Design Course a HIT!

Written by Dusty Crocker Monday, 15 April 2013 16:21

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TCU's new Business of Design course, which will take place in New York during the Summer 2013 was well received by students. The goal of the inaugural year was to fill a class with 12 students. We quickly discovered we would have to open a second section to accomodate over 20 students who showed immediate interest in the course. To date, 22 have registered and made travel arrangements to meet in Manhattan to learn how to create a business plan for design business and visit with successful design entrepreneurs who have made it big in the Big Apple.

Syllabus Follow-up

Written by Sari Edelstein Tuesday, 26 March 2013 13:51

Fellows:

During the Spring semester at Simmons College we have finally gotten the chance to use the syllabus that we added entrepreneurial goals.  I have added a discussion proponent on entrepreneurship to every topic in my Foodservice Management course.  For example, today we discussed recycling and energy conservation in the food service industry.  Instead of stopping at showing all the green ways to improve the business, we also discussed how to go into the green business.  Green businesses that do recycling, composting and energy evaluations are on the upswing and it is quite possible for one of the students to start such a business.  It was a great conversation and this component has added much interest to the course.

Sari Edelstein, PhD,RD