2008 Woodie Awards
MU entrepreneurship program ranks 19th
Jonathan Williams, Senior Staff Writer
Issue date: 9/19/06 Section: Campus
"What we focus on is behavior," Kayne said. "We emphasize things like risk assessment, team building and resource management, all of which are very important to being successful in the world."
The challenge for the program and for schools such as the fine arts school, which utilize the offerings of the entrepreneurship program, Thomas said, lies in getting the message of the strengths of an education rounded by an entrepreneurial-intense aspect. She said that incoming students will be influenced in large part by the characteristics of their inner drives when it comes to an interest in entrepreneurship, and some will be wary of the mindset she feels is necessary for entrepreneurial success.
"Some students will already have that risk-taking initiative that is needed in entrepreneurship when they come in," Thomas said, "but some will want to go the traditional business route."
Cyleigh Brez, a senior interdisciplinary business management major with a minor in entrepreneurship, said the Page Center has provided a particularly unique side to her business education in that many of the professors have actually had practice in the business world.
"The program has really been growing, considering it doesn't have a large full-time faculty base," Brez said. "Professors have really helped me to network, and have taught me to bring the entrepreneurial spirit both to a small business setting and to a larger corporation."
Kayne said that the program sees the possibility of an entrepreneurship major at some unknown point in the future, even though students can already pursue a concentration in entrepreneurship through the interdisciplinary business program.
The challenge for the program and for schools such as the fine arts school, which utilize the offerings of the entrepreneurship program, Thomas said, lies in getting the message of the strengths of an education rounded by an entrepreneurial-intense aspect. She said that incoming students will be influenced in large part by the characteristics of their inner drives when it comes to an interest in entrepreneurship, and some will be wary of the mindset she feels is necessary for entrepreneurial success.
"Some students will already have that risk-taking initiative that is needed in entrepreneurship when they come in," Thomas said, "but some will want to go the traditional business route."
Cyleigh Brez, a senior interdisciplinary business management major with a minor in entrepreneurship, said the Page Center has provided a particularly unique side to her business education in that many of the professors have actually had practice in the business world.
"The program has really been growing, considering it doesn't have a large full-time faculty base," Brez said. "Professors have really helped me to network, and have taught me to bring the entrepreneurial spirit both to a small business setting and to a larger corporation."
Kayne said that the program sees the possibility of an entrepreneurship major at some unknown point in the future, even though students can already pursue a concentration in entrepreneurship through the interdisciplinary business program.
