Babson College

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Babson College The Arthur M. Blank Center for
Entrepreneurship Mark Rice Dean of the Graduate
School Jeffry A. Timmons Professor of
Entrepreneurial Studies mrice_at_babson.edu Steve
Spinelli Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship spinell
i_at_babson.edu www3.babson.edu/eship
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Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship Missio
n Statement To be the leader in facilitating
the growth of entrepreneurship education and
practice worldwide through the creation and
development of academic (teaching/curriculum),
research, and outreach initiatives that encourage
and support entrepreneurs and the spirit of
entrepreneurship. Our goal is to remain the
thought leaders in entrepreneurship education
worldwide.
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Program Audience Student Community Educators
and Faculty Business Community Policy
Makers Number of Faculty 44 22 Adjunct
Faculty 8 Shared Faculty 3 Visiting
Scholars Number of Courses Offered Entrepreneurs
hip is integrated into the core curriculum at
both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In
addition, we have 17 distinct entrepreneurship
electives for MBA students and 13 distinct
elective for undergraduate students.
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What is your most exciting activity? Once a year
on Founders Day, Babson brings entrepreneurship
luminaries to campus to share their experiences,
provide inspir-ation to the Babson community, and
celebrate the significant accomplishments of
entrepreneurship. As part of the celebration,
the College inducts selected invitees into its
Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs, the
worlds first entrepreneurship hall of fame. The
College also highlights the best of its
entrepreneurial minds through its graduate and
undergraduate business plan competitions and
student business fair.
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• What is the biggest challenge you face?
• Designing / launching our Ph.D. in
  Entrepreneurship Program

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• What new initiatives are you planning?
• M.S. in Management
• (concentration in Technological
  Entrepreneurship)
• Lemonade Stories (entrepreneurs and their
  mothers)
• NSF-funded SEEE
• Corporate Entrepreneurship Institute at Babson
  Executive Education
• Entrepreneurship Career Affinity Group
• New courses in entrepreneurship