The Student Venture Funds were established to help support student-initiated businesses that have been approved by the John S. and Marlene J. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship. The Venture Assessment Grant is geared toward students with a proposed business while the Venture Growth Grant is intended for students that have a completed business plan, feasibility analysis and are committed to launching the venture.

• The Murray Conerby Memorial Endowed Scholarship
• James and Phyllis Difiore Endowed Scholarship
• Tim Eippert Endowed Scholarship For Entrepreneurship
• Tim Eippert Second Endowed Scholarship in Entrepreneurship
• Donald S. Grant Travel Award and Scholarship
• Link Keehfus, JR. Memorial Scholarship in Entrepreneurship
• Ray's Place Scholarship

LEARN ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS

The workshops are open to managers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and other professionals who want to learn how to use digital transformation for their benefit or the benefit of their organizations. If you have any questions about your eligibility, please email Dr. Aviad Israeli or Louise Ditchey.

Four instructors are industry executives with significant experience and expertise. One is a faculty member at Kent State with significant consulting experience in digital transformation for international companies.

Because the workshops are fully online and asynchronous, they are in the format of study-at-your-own-pace. Students can register and start the workshops at any time and determine how long it will take them to complete the workshop. Each workshop includes about 15 hours of content provided directly by the instructor (narrated presentations, short videos, reading materials, etc.). Students will spend between 20-40 additional hours on completing the workshop assignments. 

The workshops are delivered online in an asynchronous mode. They include about 15 hours of your instructor’s recordings, presentations, videos, and other media. The assignments will require students to upload documents and recordings.