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Celebrating the Conrad School's commitment to excellence in entrepreneurship education while honouring the contributions of its esteemed leadership team.

The Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ is pleased to announce some exciting leadership updates that promise to further enrich its vibrant community and innovative programs.

Marking the end of the spring 2023 term is our termly competition roundup to celebrate the successes of Conrad School students.

Graduate students in theÌýMaster of Business, Entrepreneurship and TechnologyÌý(MBET) program and undergraduate students inÌýBET 300ÌýorÌýEnterprise Co-opÌý(E Co-op) performed admirably in both on- and off-campus competitions.

We have winners from the annual MBET end-of-year tradeshow, plus wins at an international competition!

We sent off the MBET class of 2023 last week at the annual end-of-year Tradeshow.

25 student ventures set up on the ground floor of the Engineering 7 building (home to the Conrad School), where passing students, faculty, staff and guests stopped by to learn more about the projects that MBETs have been working on for the last 10 months (or more!).

The Tradeshow was followed by a dinner where speeches were made, dessert was delicious and 5 student ventures were presented with prizes. Check out the winners and their ventures, as well as photography from the event!

As temperatures rise, we're looking back on a busy (and successful!) winter 2023 term with our students.

Graduate students in theÌýMaster of Business, Entrepreneurship and TechnologyÌý(MBET) programs and undergraduate students inÌýBET 300ÌýorÌýEnterprise Co-opÌý(E Co-op) performed admirably in both on- and off-campus competitions.

Velocity Innovation Challenge:Ìý

With a week to collaborate and devise solutions to globalÌýfood, health and energy problems, nine student teams from presented their ideas atÌýÌýin February.

Bertha Bridget Kankam (MBETÌý’22)Ìýrecently completed her master’s degree in business, entrepreneurship and technology (MBET) at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering’s Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business.

That is a worthy success in and of itself, but Kankam is not your typical MBET student. Better known to many as Yaa Yaa, she is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Ghana.

The 33-year-old crossed the stage to receive her degree at the University’s fall convocation ceremony last year. No stranger to stages and spotlights, Yaa Yaa radiated success as she stepped out in full academic dress robes — a new look for many of her fans.

Entrepreneurship is about solving complex problems, and in a world of rapid technological advancement and unpredictable change, we need to reimagine how we prepare emerging talent. 1Mentor partners with higher-education institutions to better serve their students by providing tools to prepare future-ready talent.

The 1Mentor platform is designed to equip students with the insights to understand what skills and competencies to develop to achieve their career objectives.

The Conrad School is excited to share our students' successes in the fall 2022 term.

All four winning teams in the Velocity $5K pitch competition this term included student co-founders from the Conrad School. We are proud to celebrate with our undergraduate students who have either completed anÌýEnterprise Co-op (E Co-op)Ìýterm or theÌýBridging Entrepreneurs to Students (BETS) co-op program.

Among the finalists was also Penspyre, co-founded by former BETS student Roman Semin. Penspyre provides contextualized writing prompts that enable a book author to finish the first draft faster without writer’s block.

This fall, the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and BusinessÌýwelcomed sevenÌýUniversity of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ PhD students to the Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) classroom through the inaugural Entrepreneurial Ph.D. Fellowship program.

TheÌýfellowshipsÌýwere awarded to support outstanding, business-minded À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ doctoral students who are interested in commercializing their research.ÌýThe following recipients will complete theÌýthree-year part-time program alongside their regular doctoral studies, tuition-free.Ìý