Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship
Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship, for entrepreneurs, is a way of life. Teaching and learning about it is simply a first step on a lifelong path. Our role in the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship at Marquette University is to connect teaching theory and providing practice for our students across the university in undergraduate and graduate programs. We strive to infuse entrepreneurship through our curricular and co-curricular activities by providing support to faculty and students. We believe the skills of entrepreneurship learned at Marquette are critical to the success of all enterprises – entrepreneurial ventures, social enterprises, corporations large and small. It’s our goal to innovate, evolve and improve programs in every aspect of our campus experience. In a broader sense, we hope to serve our students, our faculty, our community and our alumni in their entrepreneurial aspirations.
Current examples include not only our major in entrepreneurship for undergraduates, our graduate certificate in entrepreneurship, and our MBA entrepreneurship classes, but also programs that unite classroom experience with hands-on opportunities; internships and assistantships that provide exposure to investment practices for startups and growing ventures; opportunities to work in social ventures and unite this field learning with academics.
Mission, Goals, Activities
The Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship was established in 2000 by a generous gift from The Kohler Company. Its mission is to provide experiences for all University students to learn about entrepreneurship and its potential impact for them, both in the classroom and the community.
The Kohler Center serves business students and all University students who have a passion for science, engineering, theatre, nursing – or any other major – and who also have a nascent interest in “their own” company. A growing number have a desire to make a difference in the world within their chosen profession in a social enterprise. New programs in social entrepreneurship are being developed to provide significant learning experiences for them.
Entrepreneurship at Marquette University encompasses an undergraduate major in the College of Business Administration; entrepreneurship classes in the MBA and EMBA programs; growing program in social entrepreneurship; student project experiences, locally, nationally, and internationally; and close ties to angel investors who provide their experience to students through classroom and other activities.
The Kohler center also sponsors an annual business plan competition and a series of on-campus speakers in a variety of venues.
Contact Us
Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship
College of Business Administration
707 Building, Suite 422
707 N 11th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Tina Quealy, Associate Director
(414) 288-7337
tina.quealy@marquette.edu