The University has a large and growing academic program in entrepreneurship taught by the Burton D. Morgan Faculty Fellows, a select group of Arts and Sciences and Business professors, who have worked with the top entrepreneurship educators in the country to develop a forward leaning curriculum. To bring some “street reality” to their courses, they often request that entrepreneurs come into their classroom. This process presents these types of opportunities:

• You may be asked to use your general business or professional experience to evaluate the work of the students. You will listen to the presentations by students of their idea or concept. Professor will always give you a template to use in your evaluation to insure that your critique is consistent with the objectives of the course.
• You may be asked to present a lesson from your current business or experience. These are not “war stories”, but specific topics that are designed to reinforce a part of the curriculum. The professor will work with you to insure that you are comfortable with the assignment.
• Occasionally, a professor may be working on a classroom or research project that is best served by working with a specific company. The types of class situations that apply are: Strategy, Marketing, Finance, and Entrepreneurship. Usually the professor will assign a team of 4-5 students to a project that will have a start date, an end date, and a specific educational objective. This should not be viewed as “free consulting” as the education of our students is the primary objective, not solving your business problem. The teams, however, are nearly always juniors and seniors and if you are looking for talented employees, this volunteering may interest you.

Requests for this type of help will come from the professor through the Director. Although every effort will be made to honor your time, these classes are normally held during business hours.