How to Get Involved

Community

The Entrepreneurship Program is actively engaged with the business community. Several leading entrepreneurs and organizations (e.g., Frito-Lay) are involved in the program. We are seeking committed people who want to make a significant difference in the lives of potential entrepreneurs. There are a number of opportunities to become involved in the entrepreneurship program. Here are a few of these:

• Fitzgerald Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies' Advisory Board
  • Become a Board Member
• University-wide Business Plan Competition
  • Become a Judge
  • Find Keynote Speaker
  • Become a sponsor for our Business Plan Competition
  • Sponsor a Team to go to a National or International Competition
  • Find Sponsors
• Become an Advisor to a Group of Students
• Find Companies to Work with Students
• Become a Guest Speaker
• Judge Student Presentations
• Find Sponsors
• Entrepreneurship Awards Banquet
  • Serve on a committee to assist in the selection of awards for the Entrepreneurship Awards Banquet
  • Sponsor naming rights on awards or our overall banquet
• Kauffman Internship Program
  • Have Your Company Participate
  • Find Companies to Participate
• Student Consulting Program
  • Have Your Company Participate
  • Find Companies to Participate
  • Find Sponsors
• Mentorship Program
  • Become a Mentor for a Student for a Semester or Year
• Provide Scholarships for a Student(s)
• Provide a Grant for Research Support for the Institute
• Assist in Writing Grants for the Program
• Assist in the Revision of our Web Site
• Judge MBA Entrepreneurship Student during Their Final Business Plan Presentations

Students

Students have a wide variety of opportunities to become involved in the entrepreneurship program besides the traditional educational pursuits. Other initiatives currently under way within the Institute are:

• Kauffman Entrepreneurial Internship Program
• Scholarships
• Mentorships
• University-wide Business Plan Competition
• Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award's
• Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame
• Annual Entrepreneurship Awards Banquet.

Faculty

Faculty and administrators have the ability to become involved in the entrepreneurship program by volunteering their time to do the following:

• Fitzgerald Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies' Advisory Board
• Assist with the University-wide Business Plan Competition
• Judge MBA Entrepreneurship Student During Their Final Business Plan Presentations
• Find companies for our Kauffman Internship Program
• Assist in the Selection of Entrepreneurship Award Winners at the Entrepreneurship Awards Banquet
• Become a Guest Speaker

Contact

If you are interested in becoming part of the entrepreneurship program at The University of Akron, please contact Robert Chalfant at entrepreneurship.cba@uakron.edu.