- What is the current state of entrepreneurship education?
- What are the opportunity costs of the status quo and who is being left out?
- How can we redefine entrepreneurship education in a way that anyone can embrace?
- Administrators and faculty interested in promoting entrepreneurship across campus
- Faculty who are looking to enhance methods for creating effective entrepreneurial learning environments
- Thought leaders of all backgrounds within entrepreneurship education
- Economic development leaders and community stakeholders
Shifting Entrepreneurship From The Perimeter to the Core
The world is changing at an unprecedented rate and the mindset that once enabled us to succeed is rapidly becoming obsolete. If we are to empower the next generation to adapt and thrive amidst an ever-changing world, we must recognize the broader implications of the entrepreneurial mindset as a teachable cognitive framework that every student needs.
In this session, panelist and attendees will explore opportunities and best practices for shifting entrepreneurship from the perimeter to the core of the way education operates:
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Johnetta Boseman Hardy
Johnetta has more than 25 years of championing the power of entrepreneurship in transforming communities. At Bowie State University, Johnetta shares her energy and passion for entrepreneurship as the Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Academy, where she is building an entrepreneurial mindset and culture across the university. She has managed two I-Corps cohorts with 17 teams and this is the third Entrepreneurship Center that Johnetta has served as Director, to lead, manage and teach entrepreneurship. She has created four companies and counseled over 3000 businesses. She serves on the Global Consortium for Entrepreneurship Centers Executive Advisory Board, received an Entrepreneurship Essentials Certificate from Harvard University School of Business, an Entrepreneurial Mindset Facilitator Certification from the Entrepreneurship Learning Initiative, and a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts from Howard University, Washington DC.
Thom Ruhe
Thom is President and CEO of NC IDEA. He is an entrepreneur, investor, mentor and works with entrepreneurs, governments, universities and NGOs around the world to embrace the entrepreneurial mindset needed to grow vibrant economies.
During his seven-year tenure at the Kauffman Foundation, he directed the Foundation’s programs addressing entrepreneurial education, mentoring, access to capital and fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems. Thom also led Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation, a school dedicated to advancing community deployed experiential-based entrepreneurial education.
Thom has served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council for Entrepreneurship, addressed the United Nations Assembly on Entrepreneurship, lectured at conferences around the world and serves on multiple boards including Innovation Fund America and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina.
Gary Schoeniger
Gary is an internationally recognized thought leader in the field of entrepreneurial mindset education. His message has influenced a broad audience from academic institutions and economic development organizations to government and nonprofit clients worldwide including the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute, the Colombian Ministry of Education, The South African Department of Basic Education, the U.S. State Department, and the European Commission.
As the Founder and CEO of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative (ELI), Gary led the development of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, which has been recognized by the Kauffman Foundation as “redefining entrepreneurship education in classrooms and communities around the world.” Schoeniger, along with Pulitzer nominee Clifton Taulbert, is also the co-author of Who Owns the Ice House? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur, an international bestseller described as “required reading for humanity.”
Gary is currently a member of the Forbes Business Council. He also formerly served on the Dean’s Council at Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and an advisory council member for Tecnologico de Monterrey’s Tec21 model to produce graduates in Mexico with an entrepreneurial spirit and humanistic outlook for the 21st Century.