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Publications and Journals:
Serves as a clearinghouse for research,
case studies, position papers and
manuscripts on African American and
minority entrepreneurship.
Symposiums and Conferences:
Creates an environment where successful
entrepreneurs, academic scholars and
other experts gather to exchange ideas
and best practices on the state of
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Center
for Social Entrepreneurship: Provides
educational opportunities and creates programs to enhance
the
entrepreneurial effectiveness of nonprofit, human services,
and
community and faith-based organizations.
Student Counseling Program: Utilizes
students, under the direction of experienced Small
Business Development Center counselors, to support
entrepreneurs in the management of their
established and/or prospective businesses.
Georgia Avenue Incubator Program: Creates a
series of viable business entities in the Georgia Avenue
Corridor, near
university facilities, through technical assistance,
coaching, access
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Boot Camp: Comprehensive, interactive
workshops and seminars that provide an overview
of entrepreneurship for freshman and new entrants.
Faculty Summer Institute: Models and
examines entrepreneurial education, research, and
outreach program opportunities at HBCUs and other
leading institutions. Attendees engage in a two-day
workshop focused on infusing entrepreneurship in
their own disciplines.
Academic Excellence Entrepreneurship
Research Funding: Promotes excellence in the
University’s academic programs and activities through
increasing faculty research and related scholarly activities
in support of entrepreneurial education projects.
Business Plan Competition: Keeps
entrepreneurial thinking in the forefront and encourages
innovation in students as they create new business
ventures and explore other entrepreneurial opportunities. |
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Entrepreneurship
Minor: Targets non-business
majors, providing them with the academic foundation
necessary for success as entrepreneurs. Assists them
in
recognizing business opportunities, equips them with
skills
to secure funding, and provides insight on how to manage
new and existing ventures.
Core Courses
• Intro to Entrepreneurship
• New Venture Development
• Entrepreneurship Marketing
One Elective
• Practicum
Entrepreneurship Concentration: Provides
graduate students with a broad skill-set for business,
focusing on creating and managing new ventures,
corporate ventures, socially responsible companies,
and
family controlled enterprises.
Core Courses
• Entrepreneurship I
• Entrepreneurial Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Accounting and Control Systems
One Elective
On Line Certificate Course: Provides
a self-paced, distance-learning module, expanding
the Howard philosophy on entrepreneurial principles.
Experiential Learning Lab: Designed to help
students develop entrepreneurial skills by creating
opportunities for them
to apply theoretical learning from the classroom
to real life
business situations. |
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E N T R E
P R E N E U R I A L T H O U G H T
Entrepreneur’s Incubator: Provides
learning, using public television as a medium, to assess
behaviors
that support venture creation and transformation.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program: Creates
the opportunity for some of the country’s
successful entrepreneurs to share invaluable lessons
with our students based on real-life experiences.
The Fund for Academic Excellence: Provides an opportunity for schools and colleges at
Howard to seek funding for programs and activities
that
improve the environment in which students, faculty,
and
the community are exposed to entrepreneurial education
and development. |
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S T U D E N T O R G A N I Z AT I O N S
Howard University Entrepreneurial
Society: Stimulates interest in entrepreneurship
among Howard University students and other members
of the University community. The Society (a campuswide
organization) and the Institute are committed to
building sustainable ventures and providing a "learning
and support" platform to minimize risk and to
maximize
success in current and future student ventures. Other
student organizations that have Entrepreneurship as
one
of its focuses are the National Association of Black
Accountants, Delta Sigma Pi, School of Business
Graduate and Undergraduate Student Councils and the
Executive Leadership Honors Program. |
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