Kauffman Campus
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City has designated ASU as a Kauffman Campus and a recipient of a $5 million grant to promote cross-campus entrepreneurship. We look forward to working with the Kauffman Foundation and with the other Kauffman Campuses as we pursue our common visions for integrating entrepreneurship within the life of universities across the nation.
For more information about the Kauffman Campus initiative click here.
Our transformation process
On April 12, 2006, President Michael Crow convened an informational session to present the beginnings of our vision for entrepreneurship at ASU and to solicit ideas from faculty and administrators. The Office of university led the development of the proposal to the Kauffman Foundation.
These five groups morphed into the five goals of the University as Entrepreneur. ASU seeks to:
- Graduate entrepreneurial students
- Stimulate faculty entrepreneurship
- Strengthen Phoenix's economic infrastructure
- Unleash entrepreneurship energy
- Become a leader for entrepreneurship
The model from the beginning has been to position entrepreneurship at ASU in such a way that it is wholly owned and integrated throughout the university, rather than through one particular unit or office. Sixteen principal investigators are named on the grant, each of whom is responsible for a particular area of implementation. These areas range from marketing to research to curriculum development to community engagement and more.
Over the five years of the Kauffman grant, and beyond, we envision entrepreneurship as becoming more and more embedded until it becomes a seamless part of the life and culture of ASU. We welcome your input and engagement as we move forward in this transformation. Please continue to check this site for new ways to get involved.
Principal Investigators
Prasad Boradkar: InnovationSpace
Associate Professor, Industrial Design
Christopher Callahan: Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship
Dean, Cronkite School of Journalism
Elizabeth Capaldi: University-wide academic implementation
University Provost
Michael Crow:University as Entrepreneur
President
Linda Essig: Performing Arts Venture Experience
Director, School of Theatre and Film
Mary Gillmore: Phoenix innovation study
Director, School of Social Work
Dennis Hoffman: Phoenix innovation study
Professor, W. P. Carey School of Business
Nancy Jurik: Phoenix innovation study
Professor, Justice and Social Inquiry
Jose Lobo: Phoenix innovation study
Associate Professor, Global Institute of Sustainability
Kimberly Loui: (Lead PI): Budget, evaluation, reporting, coordination
Executive Director, University Initiatives
Bernadette Melnyk: Center for Healthcare Innovation & Clinical Trials
Dean, College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation
Philip Regier: Curriculum development
Executive Dean, W. P. Carey School of Business
Thanassis Rikakis: Arts, Media and Engineering
Director, Arts, Media and Engineering
Julia Rosen: Experiential learning, community engagement
Assistant VP, Economic Affairs
Terri Shafer: Marketing and communications
Assistant VP, Public Affairs
Sander van der Leeuw: Phoenix innovation study
Director, School of Human Evolution and Social Change