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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman S Kuzmar, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia

the importance of engagingundergraduate students in research projects. This is not the place to elaborate on this particularaspect, but a few examples are provided to add credibility to this paper.Kate Rix [1] gives a summary on the benefits of undergraduate research. She states that“Students learn more by and through research. On top of this, students find enjoyment inconducting such non-classical class activities.” Specifically, she further adds: “Studies showstudents who participate (in research activities) earn better grades, are more likely tograduate and are better equipped for graduate school or careers.”The University of California Davis (UCD) is proud of having four out of ten students performingundergraduate research activities in

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Michael, Gannon University; David Gee, Gannon University

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Diversity

Entrepreneurship minor consists of three entrepreneurship coursesalongside a full slate of other general business classes. The three entrepreneurship courses arefirst Organizational Innovation, second Entrepreneurial Finance, and third New Venture Creation(the program capstone course). Organizational Innovation dives into what makes anentrepreneur, how to better present and how to find a good idea to pursue. In EntrepreneurialFinance students learn what goes into financing a business and measuring how profitable thebusiness is. New Venture Creation sees the entrepreneurship students take on the task of writinga full business plan around a product or service. While writing the business plan the studentsconduct interviews with members of their target