Fowler Business Concept Challenge Awards to Quadruple
With submissions due by 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 26, the annual Fowler Business Concept Challenge is upon us and this year the stakes are significantly higher.
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gBETA St. Thomas Announces Summer 2020 Cohort
Top-ranked start-up accelerator gener8tor recently announced the participants selected for its gBETA St. Thomas summer 2020 cohort.
Schulze Innovation Scholar Makes a Splash with Food Delivery
Junior Dylan Dierking is an entrepreneur helping feed hungry boaters through his new business venture Foodski.
St. Thomas Team Places in Top Five at Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge Finals
St. Thomas’ BraillEazy ended up as one of the top five teams in the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge.
Tommie Experts: George Floyd, Racism and Protests
Media outlets near and far connected with St. Thomas community members for comments on a range of topics relating to the death of George Floyd and subsequent protests.
Tommie Experts: ‘Outside Consultant’ Columns on COVID-19 Issues
For years, experts from Opus College of Business have answered business-related questions in a weekly Star Tribune column titled “Outside Consultant.” In the last couple of months, faculty weighed in on how businesses can adapt to the new challenges that come with navigating COVID-19.
Two St. Thomas Teams Chosen for Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge Finals
On Friday, seven teams virtually presented their social venture ideas to a panel of judges in the St. Thomas finals of the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge (GSIC).
Business Support During Challenging Times
The "Business Support During Challenging Times" webinars are designed to help businesses navigate COVID-19 and other uncertain times.
Professor AnnMarie Thomas Awarded 2020 LEGO Prize
AnnMarie Thomas, founder and director of the Playful Learning Lab, was awarded the 2020 LEGO Prize Monday during the LEGO Idea Conference. Thomas is being recognized for collaboration with educators and her advocacy for playful learning.
Winners Announced in St. Thomas Business Plan Competition
Schulze Hall was overflowing with innovative ideas on Friday during the annual St. Thomas Business Plan Competition, where $38,000 was awarded to budding entrepreneurs.
Tommie Experts: Opus College of Business ‘Outside Consultant’
To help provide guidance to entrepreneurs, experts at Opus College of Business have for years answered questions in a weekly Star Tribune column titled "Outside Consultant."
Noteworthy Businesses Born at St. Thomas
Considering St. Thomas' Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at Opus College of Business is ranked by the Princeton Review on its Top Entrepreneurship Undergraduate programs list and is the list's top-ranked school in Minnesota, it's only natural that many successful businesses have been born at the university.
Life at St. Thomas: November 2019
Life at St. Thomas is an ongoing feature highlighting the images that capture what daily life on campus is like and what it feels like to a Tommie. Check out some of the amazing images from the month of November 2019.
2019 Fowler Business Concept Challenge Awards $84,000 in Scholarships
The excitement was contagious at the 2019 Fowler Business Concept Challenge competition held at St. Thomas' Anderson Student Center as $84,000 in scholarships were awarded.
Schulze School of Entrepreneurship Ranked by Princeton Review
For what is believed to be the first time, St. Thomas' Schulze School of Entrepreneurship has been ranked No. 35 by the Princeton Review in its Top 50 Entrepreneurship Undergraduate programs ranking.
Alumna Katrina Anderson Finds Success In Connecting Hospitals With Students
Katrina Anderson ’13, ’17 MBA developed and owns Clinician Nexus, a business she calls “LinkedIn meets Airbnb” for clinical rotations, which is now used in more than 95 hospitals and 145 schools.
Schulze Innovation Scholar Isabel Bercaw Balances College And Business
First-year student and Schulze Innovation Scholar Isabel Bercaw started making bath bombs with her younger sister when the two were just tweens. She never imagined their hobby would turn into a multimillion-dollar business, but that’s exactly what happened.
Celebrate Women Entrepreneurship Week with On-Campus Events
The Schulze School of Entrepreneurship and Student Affairs are joining more than 150 universities and colleges in celebrating Women Entrepreneurship Week with three days of activities at the create[space] Oct. 21-23.
Fowler Business Concept Challenge Deadline Oct. 28
Submissions for this year's Fowler Business Concept Challenge are due by Oct. 28.
![Playful Learning Lab student Kristina Harmann, right, talks with OK GO Sandbox Art in Space winner Alexandra Slabakis in the create [space] in the Anderson Student Center in St. Paul.](https://news.stthomas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Art-in-Space.jpg)
OK Go Sandbox Art in Space Winners Visit, Develop Project St. Thomas
One of the winning student teams of the OK Go Sandbox Art in Space contest came to St. Thomas on Sept. 12-13 for two full days of project development work, exposure to what it looks like to be a college engineering, and work with Playful Learning Lab projects and students.
School of Engineering’s KEEN Grant Renewed
The University of St. Thomas School of Engineering is pleased to announce the renewal of a three-year Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) grant from the Kern Family Foundation.
Schulze School of Entrepreneurship Partners with Young Entrepreneurs Academy
The Schulze School of Entrepreneurship is partnering to bring to Minnesota a cutting-edge program to help high school students launch real businesses and social movements.
First-year Students Gather for 2019 Freshman Innovation Immersion
Dozens of students from the class of 2023 came to campus the week before classes start to kick-start their entrepreneurial education during the two-day Freshman Innovation Immersion, an annual program by the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship.
Start-up Starter: gBETA Program Provides Support for Early-Stage Companies
A free seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies, gBETA is a partnership with the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship and gener8tor, a nationally ranked start-up accelerator, and is available to St. Thomas students and alumni.