MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

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Entrepreneurship Center
Vision, Capabilities and Business Model
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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

• A Campus for the 21st Century

Dr. Walter E. Massey
President
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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEMission Statement

• To develop men with disciplined minds who will
  lead lives of leadership, service, and
  self-realization
• To provide a comprehensive academic, social, and
  spiritual experience that prepares students for
  leadership and success in the larger society

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEStrategic Objectives

• To be among the very finest undergraduate liberal
  arts colleges in the nation
• To recruit and retain quality faculty and staff
• To be a comprehensive and creative academic
  village for learning and living
• To be at the forefront of colleges using
  state-of-the-art computer technology
• To realize a master plan that addresses the
  physical and social well being of the campus

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEThe College-At-A-Glance

• Enrolls approximately 2,800 students from 40
  states 12 countries
• Employs 176 full-time faculty, 62 part-time
  faculty with 82 of faculty holding doctorate
  degrees
• Graduates approximately 500 students each year,
  conferring bachelors degrees on more Black men
  than any other higher education institution in
  the United States
• Ranks 1 as the Best College for African-American
  Students by Black Enterprise magazine

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEDisciplines

• Business Economics
• Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Management and
  Economics
• Humanities Social Sciences
• English, Music, History, African-American
  Studies, Political Science, Philosophy,
  Sociology, Health PE

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEDisciplines

• Science Mathematics
• Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, (Dual-Degree
  Engineering), Computer Science, Psychology and
  Telecommunication

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Commitment to Entrepreneurship

• Expansion of Entrepreneurship Center
• A strategic fit with the College
• Makes good business sense
• Provide practical research opportunities for
  faculty and staff
• Provide practical experience for students
• Commitment to excellence

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEEntrepreneurship

• Mission
• To assist in the development of minority
  entrepreneurship through training and scholarly
  research
• Goals
• To assist small businesses in growing through
  training, workshops, seminars and procurement
• To assist college graduates in obtaining advanced
  degrees in Entrepreneurship

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEEntrepreneurship Center

• Goals
• To provide research and advisory services to
  small businesses
• To provide mentoring tutoring to high schools
  students interested in business
• To educate AUC students about entrepreneurship
• To increase the body of scholarly knowledge in
  the area of African-American entrepreneurship

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEBusiness Model
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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEEntrepreneurship Center
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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEBusiness Partners

• Traditional Students
• High Schools
• Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership,
  Inc. (ANDP)
• Undergraduate
• Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership,
  Inc. (ANDP)
• Carnegie Mellon
• DoD Mentor-Protégé Program(MPP)
• Graduate School
• Babson College
• Ph. D. Program
• Babson College

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEBusiness Partners

• Community
• Development
• Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership,
  Inc. (ANDP)
• Youth Business International (YBI)
• New Firms
• Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership,
  Inc. (ANDP)
• Youth Business International (YBI)
• Growing Companies
• Babson College
• DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP)
• Established Companies
• Babson College
• Carnegie Mellon Software Engineer
• DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP)

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEFaculty Research Capabilities

• Current grants portfolio of 25 million as of
  fiscal year 2004
• Office of Sponsored Programs mission is to
  assist faculty in the administration of external
  funding for research, instruction, and service
  projects
• Staff of three (3) dedicated to grant related
  activities

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Special Programs, Centers, and
Institutes

• Office of Community Service
• Morehouse Research Institute
• Health Professions Program
• The Public Health Sciences Institute
• Domestic Student Exchange Programs

• Science and Technology Center
• MC Executive Center
• Andrew Young Center for International Affairs
• Research Careers
• Leadership Center
• Study Abroad/International Exchange Program

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Chemistry Research Capabilities

• Primary Research Area
• Stratospheric photochemistry
• Space and Atmospheric Environmental Chemistry
• Computational Theoretical Chemistry
• Biotechnology
• Funding Agencies
• Department of Defense
• National Science Foundation
• Keck

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEBiology Research Capabilities

• Primary Research Area
• Developmental Biology Cell Adhesion Molecules
  Endocrinology and Cell Metabolism Tumor
  Progression in Prostate Cancer Microbial
  Physiology Animal Behavior Evolution Effects
  of anti-HIV drugs on cells Plant Pathology
  Immunochemistry peptide antibodies as vaccines
  for the common cold and Schistosomiasis
• Funding Agencies
• National Institute of Health
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• The National Science Foundation
• The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Kellogg Foundation

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEComputer Science/Telecommunicati
ons Research Capabilities

• Primary Research Area
• Telecommunications and Networking
• Numerical Models and Instructional Technology
• Computational Complexity and Algorithm Design
• Computer Architecture and Languages
• Software Engineering and Systems Design
• Data Communications
• Funding Agencies
• Department of Commerce
• NASA - Telecommunication Center of Excellence
• EDA Planning Grant

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEBusiness Economics Research
Capabilities

• Primary Research Area
• Business Management Processes
• Economic Theory and Trend Analysis
• Entrepreneurship Development
• Organizational Behavior
• Leadership Training and Development
• Funding Agencies
• Internal Revenue Service
• National Science Foundation
• General Electric

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEForeign Language Research
Capabilities

• Primary Research Area
• Intensive language instruction
• Formation and execution of study abroad programs
  for both students and faculty
• Literary and Cultural Criticism
• Funding Agencies
• Fulbright-Hayes
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Mathematics Research
Capabilities

• Primary Research Area
• Linear Statistical Modeling
• Operations Research cost analysis, cost
  estimates
• Mathematical Analysisvoting and representation
• Computer Assisted Mathematics
• Funding Agencies
• General Electric
• National Science Foundation
• U.S Department of Education

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Physics Research Capabilities

• Primary Research Area
• Experimental Atomic Physics
• Urban Planning Architecture
• Optics Polarization
• Mechanical and Engineering Materials

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEFacilities Laboratories

• Conference Centers
• Kilgore Conference Center
• M. L. King Alumni Hall
• Research Laboratories
• Technology Towers (IP-PBX, QOS, VOIP, Video
  Conference)
• Brawley Hall/Media Center (listening and
  recording studio)

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEFacilities Laboratories

• Research Laboratories
• Business Department Dell Lab (high speed internet
  classroom)
• Business Department Wired Class (each chair has
  network connectivity)
• Hope Hall (high tech chemistry lab with scanning
  and transmission capabilities)
• Merrill Hall (biotechnology, space and
  atmospheric lab)

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEEntrepreneurship
CenterBusiness Services
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EC Contract Administration Process
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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEProposition

• What does MC want to gain from this relationship?
• Long lasting mutually beneficial relationship
• Real world business experience for our students
• Practical research opportunities for our faculty
• Internship /employment opportunities for our
  students
• Marketability and branding of Morehouse name and
  reputation

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEProposition

• What value-added benefits does MC add?
• Sound infrastructure to support contracting
  activities
• Top management support for contracting activities
• Pool of highly talented faculty and students
• Technology capabilities to support distance
  learning/training, GIGBE-VOIP, LAN, Satellite
  downlink capability, and wired classrooms

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGEProposition

• How will Strategic Partners benefit?
• On-going partnership with one of the nations top
  liberal arts college (HBCU)
• Access to a pool of talent for government/industry
  procurement
• Alignment with Partners objectives in Information
  Technology

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Doing Businesswith MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

• Entrepreneurship Center (Contracts)
• Morehouse College
• 830 Westview Drive
• Division of Business Economics
• Room 229 Wheeler Hall Room
• Atlanta, GA 30314
• Tiffany Bussey 678-362-3376 - Email
  tbussey_at_morehouse.edu
• Oscar Sistrunk 404-509-0533 Email
  osistrunk_at_morehouse.edu
• Office of Sponsored Programs (Grants)
• Morehouse College
• 830 Westview Drive
• Atlanta, GA 30314
• Nat White 404-507-8618 - Email
  nwhite_at_morehouse.edu

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

• A Campus for the 21st Century

Dr. Walter E. Massey
President