Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership | Illinois

Social Entrepreneurship Workshop with Vanita Viswanath, the CEO of Udyogini
April 15, 2011
Photo credit: Caitlin Riederer, AEL intern

The Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative hosted the Social Entrepreneurship Workshop, covering a range of issues from understanding social issues to designing enterprises and assessing impact.

Luncheon with Professor Deirdre McCloskey
March 30, 2011
Photo credit: Caitlin Riederer, AEL intern

Professor Deirdre McCloskey is the Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication, at University of Illinois Chicago campus.

Faculty Fellows Retreat
May 6-7, 2010

Faculty fellows from the Urbana campus joined faculty members from the Chicago campus to share experiences in teaching entrepreneurship across the curriculum.

Sustainable Product and Market Development - Spring 2010 Final Presentation
May 3, 2010

The Sustainable Product and Market Development is a year-long graduate-level course on subsistence marketplaces cross-taught by business and engineering faculty.

Faculty Fellows Luncheon - Entrepreneurial Faculty
April 9, 2010

Several Faculty Fellows gathered for a disccusion on the Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurial Faculty.

Faculty Fellows Luncheon - Discussion on Social Media
March 12, 2010

Ann Abbott, AEL Faculty Fellow (Spanish), and Sunny Jeong (Business Administration), spoke about their experience in incorporating social media into their teaching.

LIS490 Entrepreneurial IT Design
December 9, 2009

Dr. Michael Twidale, one of AEL's faculty fellows, designed the course LIS490 to focus on entrepreneurial IT design.

Faculty Fellows End-of-Semester Luncheon
December 4, 2009

The Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership hosted a luncheon to show our appreciation to all faculty fellows, deans, faculty and staff who supported AEL and entrepreneurship at Illinois.

Community-based learning
May 1, 2009

Dr. Ann Abbott, Faculty Fellow and Professor of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese, explained the value of Spanish students bring to the community through her community-based learning initiative.

Bringing entrepreneurship to classroom
May 1, 2009

Dr. Kathryn Anthony, Faculty Fellow and Professor of Architecture, shared her experience in teaching entrepreneurship through interviews with entrepreneurs/architects and tours to companies.

Creativity and entrepreneurship
May 1, 2009

Dr. Bruce Elliott-Litchfield and Dr. Deana McDonagh shared ways they taught creativity to both engineering and industrial design students.

Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership - Overview

Faculty Fellows spoke about their passion and the importance of teaching entrepreneurship.