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Another Top 10! USF's Grad Entrepreneurship Program Among Best in
Nation, September 14, 2007 - A delegation from Belarus included a visit to the Center for Entrepreneurship to meet with several leading women entrepreneurs our community and the entrepreneurial faculty and staff at USF. These visitors are invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program. Their program is arranged by Delphi International Program of World Learning. The project is entitled: WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. There visit objectives included: To learn about the contributions of women to the overall economic growth of the United States;To gain a better understanding of women’s role in the development of small enterprises; To gain an understanding of the factors that foster women’s success in a democratic society;To explore the gender dimensions of the U.S. national economy; and To study the role of non-governmental and grassroots organizations in supporting women's development.
On October 28th the final round of the
Inaugural Florida State-wide Business Plan Competition
took place in Orlando. The Competition
was open to all of the Florida schools. In total, 13 business plans
were chosen as finalists, including both of the plans submitted by our
students: Personal Memory Systems: Chris Harden, President; Shaun Bolger
& Jack Mendell and Climbathon: Jonathan Salem, President; Daniel Scott &
David Vondenberger.
The
USF Kauffman Alumni Society, in tandem with the USF
Center for Entrepreneurship, presented the
2nd Annual USF Kauffman Startup & Small
Business Support Fair on
Oct. 11, 2006 at the USF Alumni Center
Traditional Hall. This
was a great way for entrepreneurs and small business owners to learn
about starting or growing a business. The support fair activities
included corporate and non-profit exhibitors and mini-seminars.
Joe was selected from an absolutely stellar field of international
candidates many of whom already hold their PhDs or MDs. Joe has been
actively involved at the
Center for Entrepreneurship’s life sciences
initiatives. He currently is completing his Kauffman Internship with
Crosstree Capital Partners in Tampa., Florida where he works with Anand
Nagle (USF Kauffman Intern - Class of 2003. In addition, Joe is
working directly with the USF Division of Patents and Licensing gaining
valuable experience in intellectual property management and technology
commercialization. Joe is currently pursuing his graduate degree in
Engineering and will complete the USF Graduate Certificate in
Entrepreneurship prior to beginning his fellowship at Stanford University in
the Fall of 2005
The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), the oldest, largest, and premier organization in the United States devoted to entrepreneurship education and development has recognized the Life Sciences Entrepreneurship program at the University of South Florida as the number one Specialty Entrepreneurship program in the country. The intensive competition with 26 other major universities began in October 2003 and culminated with finalist presentations in Dallas, Texas on January 16, 2004. The three finalist institutions were USF, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Hawaii. All three institutions presented their programs before a distinguished panel of judges for final selection as the premier program in the country. Dr. Michael Fountain, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and the John & Beverley Grant Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship made the presentation on behalf of USF. This first place award recognizes the innovative and nationally benchmarked program in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship developed at the University of South Florida in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. This national designation as the top specialty program in entrepreneurship has come as the result of the strong collaboration developed among the Center for Entrepreneurship, the Colleges of Business Administration, Engineering, Health Sciences, Arts & Sciences, and the Honors College. Dr. Fountain commented: “This top national ranking for the Center for Entrepreneurship’s program in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship at USF could not have happened without the encouragement, support, and on-going commitment of President Genshaft, Interim Provost Khator, Deans Anderson and Martin-Vega, Associate Dean Sanberg and the Center’s Board of Advisors. These combined efforts have enabled us to reach our goal to create the nation’s premier program for excellence in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship.” This number one ranking recognizes the strength of the USF Life Sciences Entrepreneurship program, its research, and its education and training programs for students. In addition, USASBE commended the USF Life Science Entrepreneurship program as a national model that is exportable to other universities across the country. The 2004 top ranking for USF follows Stanford University’s number one ranking in 2003. |
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