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July 2014
UND School of Entrepreneurship Launched
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n May 29, the UND School of Entrepreneurship was established by a unanimous vote of the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education, elevating the successful entrepreneur program from department status. The move makes the new School of Entrepreneurship among the first in the nation, joining one other public university (Oklahoma State) and three private universities (Bradley, Drexel, and St. Thomas). The school extends innovation and entrepreneurship across campus, as well as interdisciplinary entrepreneur outreach and integrated learning from various campus professions, departments and colleges. The school will serve as the “entrepreneurial epicenter” of the UND campus. With the approval, the new school will be begin this fall. UND recently reported about 900 students were enrolled in at least one Entrepreneur
Department class in 2013-14. Of those students, more than 400 were enrolled in more than one class. There are about 70 majors in entrepreneurship and significant growth is anticipated. “We are phenomenally excited about this opportunity,” said Dennis Elbert, dean of the College of Business and Public Administration. “Like anything else, any business venture, there’s an element of risk, but we think we’ve done our due diligence.” UND Center for Innovation Entrepreneur Coach and Director Bruce Gjovig said, “ We have an opportunity to pioneer the next level of entrepreneur education, deeply focused on the professional practice and experiential learning about innovation, entrepreneurship and entrepreneur capital integrated with emerging and successful entrepreneurs across North Dakota and Minnesota. The Center continued on page 2
The Entrepreneur, by Dean Kermit Allison
Gjovig’s Jargon “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” - Aristotle, Greek Philospher