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The student executive team of the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for EntrepreneurshipÌýinspires and engages students to make their ideas happen.
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Students choose ÂÒÂ×С¿É°® because they want to seize opportunities and shape a college experience that will have meaning. Our academic approach combines intellectual, social, ethical, and spiritual development. We challenge you to become a lifelong learner dedicated to the common good.
Our leading faculty and scholars are dedicated to finding solutions to the world's most complex problems.
In Professor Michael Barnett's urban agriculture program, high school students hone their science skills, provide underserved populations with healthy alternatives, and reform local food systems.Ìý
How do we know right from wrong? Undergraduates work alongside Associate Professor of Psychology Liane Young to investigate the science behind decision-making in herÌýMorality Lab.
The student executive team of the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for EntrepreneurshipÌýinspires and engages students to make their ideas happen.
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Companies launched by ÂÒÂ×С¿É°® students or alumni in the past decade have garnered more than $100 million in venture backing.
Each year, the Office of Student Involvement presents awards to outstanding members of the ÂÒÂ×С¿É°® community. StudentÌýawards recognize the individual's contribution to their co-curricular lifeÌýat the University,Ìýtheir growth in leadership roles, andÌýtheir creative involvement in campus life.
"I never imaged something like this would ever happen to me, but when it did the outpouring of love made me see it in such a special way."
Each year a student is honored who faced a physical or other significant challenge in his or her life while continuing to excel in academic and co-curricular activities. Stephanie lost her father to cancer, but continued to lead Kairos, participate in the Appalachia Volunteers program, and has been involved with many programs through the nursing school.
"These students are the future leaders. These students will be creating policies. They are going to be the change. And so they have to start now. Magis moves them to be better human beings."
Each year aÌýstudent group that made an outstanding contribution to ÂÒÂ×С¿É°® in areas such as education, social justice, service, and safetyÌýreceives this award.Ìý
"When I look back I' ve always had mentors, people who guided me, so I always knew I wanted to do the same thing and pave the path for people who come behind me."
Each year, the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center honors a student who made extraordinary contributions to further the ideals of the AHANA (African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American) acronym, and who provided leadership to help the ÂÒÂ×С¿É°® community actualize the AHANA concept.