There is a growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at Syracuse University. Faculty from every school and college at SU have been engaged in research, teaching, commercialization and community engagement in entrepreneurship. There’s no better time to bring together some of the most engaged faculty to discuss entrepreneurship courses, programs, ventures and support, and simply to network with each other. Thus, the Kauffman Professors of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (KPEI) is born.
Enitiative was created in 2007 when the Kauffman Foundation awarded SU and five partner universities a $3 million grant to infuse entrepreneurship across the curriculum. Three and a half years later, Enitiative has funded more than 160 projects. Now the goal is shifting from seeding projects to ensuring that best practices are shared and entrepreneurship is embedded into campus culture.
“The Kauffman Professors of Entrepreneurship and Innovation is a distinguished group of faculty who have been instrumental in spreading entrepreneurship across the Syracuse University campus,” says Bruce Kingma, associate provost of entrepreneurship and innovation. “We’re bringing them together to talk about what they have done, hear what others across campus have done and kick entrepreneurial activity in the curriculum up yet another notch.”
KPEI will meet two to three times a semester to network, share and learn from other faculty across the SU campus. KPEI will be eligible to apply for matching funding for travel to conferences and workshops in entrepreneurship and innovation in the arts, engineering, design, technology, business and social entrepreneurship. KPEI will also be eligible to apply for matching funding for travel for guest classroom speakers in entrepreneurship and innovation. KPEI will have access to other benefits, including books on academic entrepreneurship, a subscription to Entrepreneur magazine and tickets to the Syracuse Famous Entrepreneurship Series.
“At our first Dean’s Summit on Entrepreneurship at SU, the deans expressed an interest in having faculty promote cross-campus entrepreneurial initiatives in their school or college. So we’re arming the KPEI to be ambassadors for entrepreneurship and innovation to energize the students,” says Kingma.
The first KPEI cohort includes:
To learn more about Enitiative, contact the ExCEL Center at Syracuse University at excel@syr.edu, or (315) 443-7086.
Horace Campbell, professor of political science and African American Studies in the Maxwell School, was quoted by The LA Times for the article “Who killed Haiti’s president? Plot thickens as Moise’s guards come under scrutiny” as well as in France…
Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was interviewed by the Wall St. Journal for the article “Democrats Focus on Turning Tax Talk Into Action.” Faricy discussed the possibility of new tax bills, saying, “A lot…
Dana Spiotta, associate professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured in The New York Times for the article “Dana Spiotta Loves Coming Across Jokes in Really Old Books.” Spiotta, whose new novel, Wayward, came out…
Jonathan Martinis, senior director for law and policy at the Burton Blatt Institute was interviewed for The New Yorker article “Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Nightmare.” Martinis provides context for the lack of rights given to those in conservatorships, saying, “The rights…
Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, was quoted by Yahoo News for the story “Trump is using an unusual legal argument in his…
If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.
