Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum

As part of an ongoing effort to incorporate entrepreneurship topics throughout the curriculum at Binghamton University, the office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships and the New York State Center of Excellence are sponsoring a new Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum (ExC) initiative.

Past winners shared their experiences and discussed their innovative approaches to entrepreneurship and how they guided students outside the normal boundaries of typical entrepreneurial thinking to include government and non-profit possibilities, along with the success of crossing curriculums at a workshop on October 11, 2012.. A video of the workshop can be viewed here. Additional information regarding the application process can be found here.

The fourth call for proposals let to the funding of two existing classes that will no containg an entrepreneurial aspect. The award winners were:

Professor George Catalao, "Heat and Mass Transfer in Living Systems"

Professor Tania Alameda-Lawson, "Advanced Social Work Practice with Organizations"

Congratulations to the winners!

The third call for proposals led to the awarding of funding for the development of four new or revised courses with an emphasis on entrepreneurship for the 2011-12 year . The award winners were:

Professor Pamela Gay, "Re-reading Consumer Culture"

Visiting Professor Tomonari Nishikawa, "Curating Film and Video"

Professor Thomas Sinclair, "Local Government and Economic Development"

Professor Leann Lesperance, MD, "Medical Engineering and Healthcare"

Congratulations to the winners!

ExC is making headlines:

Four professors to incorporate entrepreneurship into courses

Inside Binghamton University, Sept. 7, 2011

Three more faculty to incorporate entrepreneurship into courses

Inside Binghamton University, Aug. 31, 2010

Faculty discuss bringing entrepreneurship into the classroom

Inside Binghamton University, April 22, 2010