Category: Alumni

October 6, 2016

MCTP: Sophomore Transitions

October 5, 2016

ENTR 480 Speaker Shares Inspirational Story

Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation ENTR 48000 instructors, Kris Taylor and Mark Thacker, have always brought insightful speakers to their class. They continue to bring back Tiffany Sauder, Element Three President, who shared her story of struggle and success as she built...

September 26, 2016

Special Boilermaker – Rita Baker

Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Advisor, Rita Baker, was presented the Special Boilermaker Award at a Purdue home football game Sept. 24. Established in 1981, the Purdue Alumni Association Special Boilermaker Award honors a member of the Purdue faculty or...

September 8, 2016

Student’s Consulting Startup is a Reflection of ENTR Course Content

Kate Workman, a recent Purdue graduate in public relations and strategic communications and certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation, started an online marketing and communications consulting business in May 2016. She gives credit to her Purdue experience which prepared her to...

April 18, 2016

ENTR Alumna Plans for a Living; That Wasn’t Always the Plan

Sarah Keeker starts her day by helping couples make their wedding day a success. While owning a wedding planning business has many rewards, she never thought about taking this avenue until her culinary dream job didn’t work out. Keeker, CFS...

April 14, 2016

Global China Connection Midwest Annual Conference

The Midwest Annual Conference is the most remarkable professional event Purdue GCC hosts. The conference has one main theme and three objectives. This year our conference is designed to focus on career development for international students. The three objectives are how to...

April 6, 2016

Life of a Faculty Entrepreneur: Incubation Within and Outside of the University

April 6, 2016

ENTR Students Showcase Soy Products During Competition

At the recent Purdue University Student Soybean Product Innovation Competition, three Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation students were part of winning teams. The purpose of the Soybean Product Innovation Competition is to encourage Purdue students to exercise their knowledge and skills...

March 31, 2016

IFI/IFE Experience Guides Student to be an Entrepreneur

When Kurtis Sluss, a senior studying chemical engineering and chemistry, decided to apply to the Interns for Indiana/Interns for Entrepreneurship Program (IFI/IFE), a program within the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, he didn’t know it would lead him to...