Entrepreneurship
Creighton University Entrepreneurship Program
Creighton University's Entrepreneurship Program, which began in Fall, 2006, is housed in the College of Business and is directed by Dr. Anne York, associate professor of entrepreneurship and strategy. All events, activities and courses are open to all graduate and undergraduate students at Creighton and require no prerequisites.
Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Launched Spring, 2008
A new one year program funded by the National Science Foundation's Partnerships for Innovation program began spring semester, 2008. This program involves 16 students each year from Creighton's law school, health sciences and College of Business. Scholarships and tuition remission are available for completing two courses - Technology Commercialization and Bioscience Entrepreneurship - along with a summer internship. This program focuses on understanding the complex interaction of the multiple disciplines required to bring new technology to market. For more information on the curriculum and an application form, please follow the link to the left.
2008 Bluejay "Elevator Pitch" Competition Results
24 student teams participated in Creighton's second annual "Elevator Pitch" competition held Saturday, April 5. This annual event, sponsored by Dundee Bank and the Creighton CEO Club, is open to all enrolled Creighton students. Four student teams took home prizes this year: Lauren Dwyer (first prize of $500), Lindsey Bierman (second prize of $250) and Stephanie Cantrell and Dee Kimata (tied for third prize of $100). Lauren, a Creighton physics major, made a pitch for a compression dynamics product that reduces swelling after surgery. She and her team, all members of Creighton's new Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program, are working with an Omaha vascular surgeon, Dr. Martin Winker, to devise a plan for commercializing the technology he invented. For more informatino on this or other CEO-sponsored events, please contact Paul Simmet, CEO club president, at paulsimmet@creighton.edu
Creighton C-E-O Club
In fall, 2006, Creighton established a chapter of the national Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (c-e-o) and sent five students to the national convention in Chicago. Some of the Club's planned activities for 2007-8 include a speaker series focusing on successful Omaha entrepreneurs; planning and organizing the second annual "elevator pitch" competition in spring, 2008; and consulting with area not-for-profit organizations that need business plans. Club meetings are scheduled for the second Wednesday evening of each month beginning in September, 2007, at 5 p.m. To get involved and/or be put on the club mailing list, please email our club president, Paul Simmet, at paulsimmet@creighton.edu.
Curriculum/Courses
Entrepreneurship courses are offered at the undergraduate level each semester and at the graduate level each year. In addition, an independent study with the CU Technology Transfer Office is offered each semester, including summer, and a new graduate course in Business Innovation Consulting will be offered beginning Fall semester, 2007. These courses are offered to all students across campus with no prerequisites. Please see the links below to see sample syllabi and course descriptions.
* Syllabus for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Course
* Syllabus for Graduate Entrepreneurship Course
* Syllabus for Graduate Business Innovation Consulting Course
* Description of Summer Graduate Independent Study with Tech Transfer Office
For Additional Information, Please Contact
Dr. Anne York
2500 California Plaza
College of Business
Creighton University
Omaha, NE 68178
402-280-2440
anneyork@creighton.edu
entrepreneurship.creighton.edu
