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= Overview =
A true entrepreneur when confronted with a problem will instead see a potential opportunity to innovate. Beloit College provides a perfect environment for aspiring entrepreneurs to develop their skills. Being a liberal arts college Beloit College’s main goal is to produce well-rounded individuals, who have the tools necessary to critically look at an idea and improve on it. Both the schools administration and faculty have hole heartedly embraced the idea of entrepreneurship being a vital part of a modern day liberal arts education. It has began to be implemented in every department on the campus in a variety of ways.
In 2004 the college opened the doors to its very own entrepreneurship center. The Center for Entrepreneurship in a Liberal Education at Beloit or CELEB is filled with many of the resources that are vital to a start-up. It can provide students with inspiration, office space, legal advice, start-up funds, and the tools they need to establish a legitimate venture. If students are looking to get their hands dirty there is a full machine shop that anyone can get access to. Also there are several labs, and facilities in the brand new science center.
If students need assistance with an idea or using equipment Beloit College’s amazing faculty can help them. With 98% of professors having a Ph.D. and a 12:1 student to faculty ratio there is an endless amount of talent and advice available for students to take advantage of.
= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =
== On-Campus ==
At Beloit there are several options for students who need access to some sort of maker space. Just opened in the spring of 2016 is the BC MakerLab. The space contains two MakerBot 3D printers, a 3D scanner, a vinyl cutter, and other crafting tools. The science center, which just opened in 2009, has several labs that any student can get access to by either taking an intro level class or working with a professor who oversee's the equipment. Some examples of the types of equipment Equipment the students at Beloit College have access to are the particle accelerator, includes a scanning electron scanning microscope, and the 3D visulation display system, and many biological and chemical testing machines. There is also a machine shop that has with a huge vast amount of tools and machines that are capable of fabricating an entire car from scratch.
== Off-Campus ==
At Beloit the The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, CELEB, and The LAPC all offer support and guidence to students trying to apply for grants and fellowships. They can help with finding grants and also the actual writing of the grant proposal.
While many of the grants available at Beloit College are for students The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations is available to support faculty with the grant proposal process. Since Beloit is such a small school and also purely dedicated to undergraduate education the faculty are very involved with supporting student ventures. Lastly every major at Beloit requires a cap-stone class. This is usually some type of research that the professor's gets to work with students to help produce. Since the professors are working with students they are able to use all the resources that students have access to.
Within CELEB there are many resources that will help students shift their student research or idea to a comercial business. If they need help with how to make money off an idea there are many different professors, alums, and local business leaders who would be willing to offer advice. There are also many knowledgable individuals that can offer legal support to a new start-up.
=Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts = Regional Beloit College is the second largest employer in the City of Beloit and is vital for the survival of the city. It provides a huge amount of jobs and economic stimulus for the local economic development efforts economy. Beloit also has strong ties with several employers in the region that consistently hire Beloit graduates. Most campus resources are available to the Beloit community to encourage growth and innovation beyond the campus. = Landscape Canvas = {{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1N5V4UkUXJLE5qF6NQIVCe_0SXgeNsfu8hOfvAuwDYhY|width=1300|height=700}} =Related Links = [[Beloit College]] [[Beloit College Student Priorities]] University Innovation Fellows: Spring 2016[[Thomas Porkka]] Spring 2015 [[Hunter Elbourn]] Fall 2013[[Ellery Addington-White]]