Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Across the Across the CurriculumCurriculum

VisionVision

Kettering students will have the Kettering students will have the ability to recognize, assess and ability to recognize, assess and embrace embrace intrapreneurial/entrepreneurial intrapreneurial/entrepreneurial opportunities for innovation in a opportunities for innovation in a global workplace where global workplace where opportunities may be vague and opportunities may be vague and rapidly changing. rapidly changing.

ProcessProcess

Kettering faculty will infuse Kettering faculty will infuse elements of intra/entre-preneurial elements of intra/entre-preneurial mindset into our students. mindset into our students.

The ExC workshop will assist the The ExC workshop will assist the faculty to develop ways and means faculty to develop ways and means of promoting this mindset in of promoting this mindset in existing classes.existing classes.

Evolution of Evolution of

• The result of a $225k grant The result of a $225k grant – Source: Kern Family FoundationSource: Kern Family Foundation– Third grant from this foundationThird grant from this foundation

• An organic outgrowth of existing An organic outgrowth of existing work:work:– New Venture and Innovation CourseNew Venture and Innovation Course– KESociety – Student e-ship society KESociety – Student e-ship society – E-Ship and innovation minorE-Ship and innovation minor– Innovation and Commercialization Innovation and Commercialization

ChallengeChallenge

The Case for The Case for

• The The NNeedeed

• The The AApproachpproach

• The The BBenefitsenefits

• The The CCommitmentommitment

The The NNeedeed In a rapidly changing world, we as In a rapidly changing world, we as

a university need to inspire, a university need to inspire, educate and equip educate and equip students to be to be adaptable, and to recognize and adaptable, and to recognize and take advantage of opportunities take advantage of opportunities for innovative solutions that for innovative solutions that contribute to economic and contribute to economic and quality of life improvements in a quality of life improvements in a global society.global society.

The The NNeedeed

We must create an organic process We must create an organic process that will deliver exceptional added that will deliver exceptional added value to value to students who come with who come with expectations :expectations :– That we will teach them more than That we will teach them more than

core competencies, core competencies, – That we will challenge them to That we will challenge them to

respond to their world with innovative respond to their world with innovative solutions that meet the needs of a solutions that meet the needs of a rapidly changing global economy.rapidly changing global economy.

AApproachpproach

• These These workshops will provide workshops will provide the opportunity for the opportunity for faculty to: to: – learn about entrepreneurship as an about entrepreneurship as an

innovative mindset (innovative mindset (NOTNOT “how to “how to start a business”) that can be start a business”) that can be incorporated into what we teach.incorporated into what we teach.

– work with colleagues in a cross-work with colleagues in a cross-disciplinary environment disciplinary environment

– innovate new teaching approaches for innovate new teaching approaches for infusing the entrepreneurial mindset infusing the entrepreneurial mindset into existing courses.into existing courses.

BBenefits for facultyenefits for faculty• Offers a cross-disciplinary collaboration Offers a cross-disciplinary collaboration

opportunityopportunity• Provides continued intellectual exposure and Provides continued intellectual exposure and

developmentdevelopment• Makes courses more relevant, engaging and Makes courses more relevant, engaging and

valuable to studentsvaluable to students• Allows faculty to learn new teaching methods that Allows faculty to learn new teaching methods that

can be applied to other coursescan be applied to other courses• Demonstrates leadership and innovation in one’s Demonstrates leadership and innovation in one’s

professional portfolioprofessional portfolio• Minimizes course time-consumption for the topicMinimizes course time-consumption for the topic• Offers a Kern-Kettering Fellowship with a stipend Offers a Kern-Kettering Fellowship with a stipend

of $4,000 per faculty member. of $4,000 per faculty member. – Initial $1,000 when you complete the initial two weeks of Initial $1,000 when you complete the initial two weeks of

the classthe class– $1,000 upon completion of the workshop$1,000 upon completion of the workshop– $2,000 after teaching and assessing your module.$2,000 after teaching and assessing your module.

BBenefits for Ketteringenefits for Kettering

We will:We will:- gain a reputation for graduating - gain a reputation for graduating innovation-minded engineering, science innovation-minded engineering, science and business students and business students - meet the evolving needs of our country - meet the evolving needs of our country with students well-prepared for rapid with students well-prepared for rapid changeschanges- integrate cross-disciplinary topics into - integrate cross-disciplinary topics into our curriculumour curriculum- expand the image of our university as a - expand the image of our university as a modern and forward-looking institutionmodern and forward-looking institution

CCommitmentommitment

• Workshop commitment: 16 hours (2 hours/week for 8 weeks)

• Curriculum integration: Entrepreneurial/innovative thinking is a way of seeing how course content might be applied differently -- it does not necessarily add content or take away from existing content.

• Outcomes measurement: A very simple

documentation/evaluation process has been established for use in evaluating this course module.

CCommitmentommitment

With your support, we will:• Increase the value of our students and

our graduates• Add a new twist to existing topics• Show additional relevance for our

courses• Create more excitement in our students• Change the culture of Kettering

University• Expand the brand of our great university

The Design TeamThe Design Team

Andy BorchersAndy BorchersMichael CallahanMichael CallahanArt DeMonteArt DeMonteMichael Harris Michael Harris Marsha LyttleMarsha LyttleDoug MeltonDoug MeltonSunny ParkSunny ParkBill Riffe Bill Riffe Laura RustLaura RustNeil SheridanNeil SheridanMassoud TavakoliMassoud Tavakoli