Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Jon Down, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, each E-Scholar class of about 20students is made up of approximately 55% Business majors with the balance being from Collegeof Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Nursing, and Education. In recent years, a more intentionaleffort to recruit non-Business majors has resulted in less than 50% Business majors in theprogram. The diversity of majors in each E-Scholar class adds to the variety and richness of theideas students in the program develop and in many cases implement.Business Plan CompetitionThe CLEI offers a co-curricular opportunity for all students, and even community members, tocompete in a $100K Challenge Venture Competition. The competition is no mere ‘beautycontest’ awarding cash prizes to winners. Rather, it provides an opportunity for