Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship

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many environmental studies majors have an interest in ‘environmental entrepreneurship’. The Buerk Center is a great resource to pursue this interest with the ‘Environmental Innovation Challenge’ and a new Entrepreneurship minor intended for non-business students. Find out more below. – joe

Join us this Friday for lunch!  All majors welcome!

Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship – Open House

Friday, Jan 9, 12:30-1:20

Dempsey 211 – RSVP Here

 Curious about the startup scene? Looking for the skills and experience you need to take your idea to the next level?  Join us this Friday at the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship!

Some of the things we’ll talk about include:

You bring your curiosity – we’ll bring lunch!  J

RSVP HERE

UW’s Climate Minor

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Come hear about UW’s Climate Minor! There will be pizza!

Monday November 24, 2014 at 12:30-1:30 in OCN 425

LuAnne Thompson, Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Program on Climate Change, currently teaches the capstone course for the minor.  She will talk about the minor and what it has to offer you.  We’ll also be available to help you plan for the minor now, in your first 1-2 years at UW.

And if you are interested, but cannot join us, please respond to the RSVP so we can add you to an email list and send you climate minor related information.

 RSVP LINK:  https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/esampaga/253239

 Learn more here:  http://www.uwpcc.washington.edu/ClimateMinor

[minor]: Global Health Minor Info Session

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Global Health Minor Information Session
Thursday, October 3, 2013
3:30 PM- 4:30 PM
Mary Gates Hall, Room 258
 
This is your opportunity to learn more about the minor’s requirements and get any questions you may have answered. We will provide you with useful handouts and talk you through the requirements of the minor for the first part of the meeting, and will have time to talk to individual students at the end of the session.
 
We look forward to meeting you!
 
Jennifer and Jessica, Global Health Minor Co-advisers

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The Business School has just opened UW’s first competitive minor, the Entrepreneurship Minor. The deadline to apply for the winter quarter is October 25th, and another date will be announced in spring for fall admission.

Students who pursue the minor are creative and motivated, and looking for ways to apply the knowledge they’ve gained from their major to an entrepreneurial endeavor.  Open to all non-business undergraduates, this 31-credit competitive minor offers students the opportunity to leverage their unique talents, as well as their new-found business knowledge, to achieve their start-up goals.

Prerequisites

  • ECON 200 Microeconomics  (5)
  • ACCTG 215 Financial Accounting  (5)
  • ACCTG 225 Managerial Accounting  (5)

Required Coursework

  • ENTRE 370 Intro to Entrepreneurship  (4)
  • ENTRE 472/473 Creating a Company I & II  (8)
  • AND choose 4 credits from:
    • ENTRE 432 Software Entrepreneurship (4)
    • ENTRE 440 Business Plan Practicum (2)
    • ENTRE 443 Environmental Innovation Practicum (2)
    • ENTRE/MKTG 455 Entrepreneurial Marketing (4)
    • ENTRE 459 Venture Investing (4)
    • ENTRE 490 Special Topics

The Entrepreneurship Minor will challenge your creativity and critical thinking skills, while providing you with the knowledge and experience every entrepreneur needs. 

Apply at: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/caz1585/206897

Questions should be directed to Leslie Mabry at the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship: mabryl@uw.edu, 206-685-5669