The University of North Carolina

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative John
D. Kasarda, Director Buck Goldstein, University
Entrepreneur in Residence cei_at_unc.edu www.unc.edu/
cei
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Mission The Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative
is redefining entrepreneurship and making it a
life-changing experience for students, faculty
and staff at The University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
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Program Audience UNC Faculty, Staff, Students
and Alumni Number of Faculty 50 Number of
Courses Offered The Minor in Entrepreneurship
includes approximately 20 courses, including
electives
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What is your most exciting activity? The
development of a comprehensive curriculum that
includes commercial, social and artistic
entrepreneurship and the involvement of academics
and practicing entrepreneurs in its planning and
execution.
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What is the biggest challenge you face? Creating
a program that is consistent with the tenants of
a liberal education while providing the
competencies required for effective
entrepreneurship.
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• What new initiatives are you planning?
• The CEI launched in 2004 with nine new
  initiatives
• Challenge Competition
• Faculty Fellowships
• Faculty Seminars
• Freshmen Seminars
• Innovations Fund
• Launch Program
• Research Seminars
• Speaker Series
• Undergraduate Research