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GSEA Regional Academic Supporters

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GSEA would like to thank our Regional Academic Supporters. These schools and institutions are exceptional supporters of the GSEA program, providing assistance not only to the GSEA program itself but also to nominees and competitors of the awards. GSEA Regional Academic Supporters also host the local GSEA Regional competition in certain regions. We value their assistance and dedication to the GSEA program.

Founder of the GSEA
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University’s John Cook School of Business is EO’s senior strategic partner for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. The School originally founded the awards in 1988 as the Midwest Collegiate Entrepreneur Awards program. Throughout the 1990s, SLU’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies extended the program within the United States, expanding to Asia, Europe and Latin America in the last five years. The Entrepreneurs’ Organization assumed the administration of the awards in January 2006. EO looks forward to building upon SLU’s strong foundation as it creates the premiere global learning community for emerging entrepreneurs.
IEI
The International Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI) fosters strategic alliances worldwide to advance entrepreneurship in a variety of ways. Examples of the IEI’s strategic alliances and the resultant initiatives include: partnering with the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) to create and develop ICSB’s Affiliate for Puerto Rico & the Caribbean. The IEI has also been the Secretariat of the ICSB Affiliate for over 10 years, coordinated the 2002 World Conference of the ICSB and provided logistical and other types of support to ICSB Presidents. The IEI developed the prestigious “Premio Exito Empresarial Universitario ®” to recognize the creativity and entrepreneurial skills of student entrepreneurs at the undergraduate level and partnered with St. Louis University to initiate and administer the Global Student Entrepreneur Award in the Caribbean region. This partnership continues with Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), the current producer of the GSEA. The IEI has developed and assisted in the dissemination of many educational tools to foster entrepreneurship such as the http://www.exitoempresarialpr.com/ web page and by publishing the book “Chispa Empresarial ®” that deals with igniting the opportunity recognition process of would be entrepreneurs. The IEI actively pursues opportunities to engage in exclusive distribution rights, like the ones in place with ICSB and the GSEA, to make available learning programs, teaching materials, awards programs, amongst others, to further continue in its goal of advancing entrepreneurship.
FSF
The Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research (FSF) is to be the leading network organization for the generation and transfer of knowledge relevant to policy in the field of entrepreneurship and small enterprise development.
LMU
We at LMU are dedicated to instilling the entrepreneurial spirit into all students, regardless of their future career options as employees in larger firms, or as the creators of new ventures. LMU began formally teaching entrepreneurship in 1972, and today has a concentration in entrepreneurship at both the graduate (MBA) and undergraduate levels.  

We are proud to have an exceptionally global outlook in our entrepreneurial activities, and in recent years we have been active in our entrepreneurial development activities in such far flung locations as Russia, Germany, Singapore, China and Ireland. We have a number of unique and special programs for our students, and the entrepreneurial community, such as our Entrepreneurship Society, our Entrepreneurial Fellows Program, and many others.
ACE
Founded in the mid-1980s, ACE is a national, not-for-profit organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. Working in partnership with business and higher education, ACE operates a team-based program, Students In Free Enterprise, and an individual-based program, Student Entrepreneur. Both are achieving ACE’s vision to advance Canadian entrepreneurship through the direct involvement of University and college students, including those who are entrepreneurial-minded and those who are currently operating full-time businesses.
TCU
The Neeley Entrepreneurship Center (http://www.nep.tcu.edu/) at TCU, founded in January 2000, is nationally recognized as one of the top entrepreneurship centers in the country. In just a few short years, the Center completed the Steve and Sarah Smith Entrepreneurs Hall, a 50,000 square-foot building that houses the Center with technologically-advanced classrooms and boardrooms, and is dedicated to the spirit of entrepreneurship! The Neeley Entrepreneurship Center offers a comprehensive undergraduate curriculum leading to a major in Entrepreneurial Management. The Center also offers extensive extra curricular activities through the award-winning Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) (http://www.tcuceo.org/.) The Neeley Entrepreneurship Center’s mission is to build the skills, capabilities and confidence of prospective and existing entrepreneurs through exceptional teaching, scholarship and service to the entrepreneurial community.
Suffolk
Suffolk University, located on Boston’s historic Beacon Hill, is a comprehensive, global institution distinguished by its teaching and the intellectual contributions of its faculty. Suffolk offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in more than 70 areas of study. Its mission is to provide quality education at an affordable cost for students of all ages and backgrounds. Suffolk has a combined enrollment of more than 8,000 full-time and part-time students at its Sawyer Business School, College of Arts and Sciences, Law School, and New England School of Art and Design.
University of St. Thomas
The Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, which is part of the St. Thomas Opus College of Business, brings together the university’s graduate and undergraduate degree programs in entrepreneurship. The School also provides a home for the centers and institutes that provide entrepreneurship-related and education-related programs and services to the public.  

The School’s new $22-million building, Schulze Hall, opened for classes in September of 2005. This 86,000 square foot, technology-laden building “will bring a focus to entrepreneurship education that is unparalleled throughout the nation,” said Richard Schulze, founder and chairman of Best Buy, Inc. and generous benefactor of the university.

When asked about the new endeavor, Dean Christopher Puto said, “Through this School, we are creating a powerful synergy to equip and inspire emerging leaders in all areas of the Opus College of Business.”
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Part of the Silberman College of Business since 1989, the mission of the Rothman Institute is to teach and support entrepreneurship and innovation in the academic, business and nonprofit communities. An outstanding entrepreneurship curriculum taught by an excellent faculty has helped make the academic program among the top 20 in the nation. In addition, our innovative outreach programs help people succeed in their new or growing ventures as well as in their corporations or organizations.
Anderson Center
The Anderson Entrepreneurial Center was founded in 1997 with a donation from the late Harold E. Anderson, founder of Anderson Trucking Service, Inc. Mr. Anderson envisioned creating a Center that would facilitate and stimulate the formation and expansion of enterprises within central Minnesota by community members.  

Since 1997, the Anderson Entrepreneurial Center has played a key role in the growth and success of local businesses through our educational and recognition programs. Anderson Entrepreneurial Center is structured as a 501/c/3 not-for-profit corporation, governed by an independent board of directors.
UT
The John H. Sykes College of Business combines a strong liberal arts foundation with a broad-based business core. Through practical experiences and an advanced business curriculum, students receive a comprehensive education.  

Specialized areas of study include business undergraduate majors and minors; graduate degrees; and certificate programs. For specific information and requirements, see the academic catalog.

Students can interact with the business community through internships, consulting projects, international programs, and the Centers and Institutes. UT’s relationship with more than 700 Tampa Bay area leaders provides opportunities for professional networking.

Within an 80,000 sq.-ft. facility, the College of Business offers state-of-the-art resources such as the Huizenga Family Foundation Trading Center and more than 1,300 data ports for high-speed access.