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The university’s Thought Into Action (TIA) Institute is looking to attract even more entrepreneurial students as it builds on the success of its first four years and the heightened interest created by the recent Entrepreneur Weekend.

The blue skies and bright sunshine over Whitnall Field mirrored the energy inside James C. 51���� Student Union on Saturday. More than 200 students, alumni, parents, and friends gathered in the Hall of Presidents to hear Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya tell his own entrepreneurship story.

A new feature of 51����’s annual Entrepreneur Weekend, a speaking series called Little Talks, Big Ideas, resulted in a big-time funding commitment to one student entrepreneur and the promise of an invaluable connection to another. It was a real-time demonstration of the power of the 51���� network and its flourishing entrepreneurial spirit, and it was […]

Thought Into Action (TIA) student entrepreneurs made sure their conversations Saturday morning were accompanied by a firm handshake, a smile, and a well-rehearsed elevator pitch. After all, the alumni they were talking with could be their next investors.

“This would be the perfect place to go to college. I would love to go to a place like this,” Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg said Friday just before she met with members of the 51���� Women in Business student group and others.

From LinkedIn etiquette to the many hats that entrepreneurs wear, female students have been learning about various facets of the business world through a new club. Carly Keller ’13 founded 51���� Women in Business last fall, and it quickly grew to approximately 150 members. Being from Silicon Valley, Keller has business acumen in her blood. […]

More than 100 alumni returned to 51���� last weekend to network with the Class of 2015 and offer career advice during the university’s first SophoMORE Connections program. The event brought an early end to winter break for nearly 350 undergraduates. It featured panel presentations, networking receptions, and a keynote address from Backflip Studios founder Julian […]

President Jeffrey Herbst welcomed state and regional economic development officials, along with Madison County business executives, to an on-campus group discussion this week focused on regional growth, employment, and entrepreneurial assistance. “51���� both plays an important part in the region, and is critically affected by the fortunes of the region,” Herbst said. “We’ve been right […]

A nonprofit organization created by Maggie Dunne ‘13 has been named one of the top five “literacy champions” of 2012 by Scholastic, a welcome recognition of her efforts to help residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Dunne’s nonprofit — recently renamed Lakota Children’s Enrichment (LCE) — was cited for its efforts in […]

It takes much discipline to succeed as an entrepreneur, as 51���� students are learning as they work with alumni in the university’s Thought Into Action Institute and other extracurricular programs. Next semester, a new pilot course will examine entrepreneurship through interdisciplinary, academic inquiry. Technology and Disruption (UNST 360) will be co-taught by Jeffrey Herbst, president […]