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A $1.6 million grant from the Kern Family Foundation advances Kettering’s entrepeneurship efforts Posted on December 16, 2010 by Kettering University
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Kettering University’s cutting-edge approach for teaching students how to become innovators and entrepreneurs was awarded a $1,651,000 grant from the Wisconsin-based Kern Family Foundation in May. The five-year grant seeks to build American prosperity by shaping a new generation of entrepreneurial-minded engineers.
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Kettering President Stan Liberty said he is grateful to the Kern Family Foundation for its ongoing support of an endeavor that will teach tomorrow’s engineers to create innovative and competitive products and services. Liberty credits former Kettering Provost Michael Harris with championing the successful initiative. “I want to thank the Kerns for their investment that will help us better prepare American leaders in the global marketplace, and Dr. Harris for his visionary and innovative ideas and leadership,” Liberty said. The $1.6 million grant to Kettering is the second special recognition from the Kern Family Foundation this year. In January, Kettering was singled out for a “Best In Class” Award from among the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) members. Kettering is one of several KEEN network schools that are teaching customer awareness, business acumen and societal values, along with scientific and engineering fundamentals. Network schools share and exchange successful teaching methods and tools to impact thousands of students across the country annually. The ongoing collaboration among KEEN network members is changing engineering education in order to keep the country
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in its technical leadership role in the world and to create a healthy free enterprise system that generates new jobs.
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A number of Kettering faculty members were key to helping get the entrepreneurship efforts started, President Stan Liberty and former Provost Michael Harris share a congratulatory
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which grew during Harris’s years as provost,
Liberty said. Kettering’s original approach was called Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum (EAC) but is now evolving into Entrepreneurship Across the University (EAU) on campus. Kettering’s approach focuses on engaging instructors through faculty workshops which help them incorporate entrepreneurship education and experiences into the many subjects taught at the University. Spreading this beyond the curriculum to the entire institution includes a wide variety of student activities and entrepreneurship training for the staff. The goal is to instill an entrepreneurial mindset in all students. handshake after unveiling the check from the Kern Family Foundation.
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The grant represents a new stage in Kettering’s five-year relationship with the foundation. Kettering received two $50,000 KEEN grants, one in 2006 and another in 2007. In 2008, Kettering received $225,000 to develop and implement its innovative entrepreneurship program, which earned Kettering the “Best in Class” Award.
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