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GCEC Annual Awards

About the Awards

 

The annual GCEC Awards are designed to showcase and celebrate the very best of university entrepreneurship! The nine distinct categories allow centers and leaders to select areas where they feel they are making the most impact.  The 2023 Awards were presented during the annual conference on October 7 in Dallas, TX.

 

The GCEC Awards are chaired by Professor Gurpreet Jagpal, Pro Vice-Chancellor Business and Entrepreneurship at the University of Suffolk. If you have questions, please email [email protected].

 

2023 Press Release   Past Winners   2023 Awards Overview (PDF)

 

 

 

Congratulations to the 2023 GCEC Award Winners

Each category has a winner. For some categories, where the judges deemed appropriate, schools were awarded ‘Highly Commended’.

 

Nasdaq Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, schools with less than 5,000 students:

 

Nasdaq Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, schools with more than 5,000 students:

 

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center, schools with less than 5,000 students:

 

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center, schools with more than 5,000 students:

 

Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation:

 

Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines:

 

Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education:

 

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation:

 

Outstanding Student Engagement & Leadership, schools with less than 5,000 students:

 

Outstanding Student Engagement & Leadership, schools with more than 5,000 students:

 

Exceptional Contributions in Entrepreneurship Research:

  • Winner: Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
  • Highly Commended: Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital at London Business School

 

GCEC Center of Entrepreneurial Leadership:

  • Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The University of Texas at Dallas

 

2023 GCEC Legacy Award 

 

The GCEC Legacy Award recognizes an individual for a lifetime of “pioneering work in advancing entrepreneurship in universities and/or directing a university entrepreneurship center that created a legacy impact on the field of entrepreneurship”.

 

Rebecca White, PhD

University of Tampa

James W. Walter Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship and Director of the John P. Lowth Entrepreneurship Center

 

 

Past GCEC Award Winners

Category and Year Awarded Award Recipients
Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education
2022 Houston Community College – Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives (OEI)
2021 (2 awardees) Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas at Dallas and NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, New York University
2020 (3 awardees) University of Colorado-Boulder (Entrepreneurship Center for Music)Georgia State University (Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute)George Washington University (Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship)
2019 Rutgers University – Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED)
2018 Babson College (Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership)
2017 CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism)
2016 University of Vermont (Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA)Duke University  (Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship)
2013 Ball State University (The Entrepreneurship Center)
2012 University of Florida
2011 Miami University (Institute for Entrepreneurship) University of Rochester (Center for Entrepreneurship)
2009 Rice University (Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship)MIT (MIT Entrepreneurship Center)
2008 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2007 University of Illinois-Chicago
2006 University of Colorado at Boulder
Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation
2022 (2 awardees) Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
2021 (2 awardees) NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, New York University and Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Minnesota
2020 (2 awardees) Texas Christian University (Neeley Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation) + Northeastern University (Northeastern University Center for Entrepreneurship Education)
2019  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership
2018  (2 awardees) Stockholm School of EntrepreneurshipMichigan State University (MSU Entrepreneurship)
2017 University of Chicago (Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
2016 Arizona State University (Entrepreneurship + Innovation)Northwestern University (Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice)
2015 University of Maryland
2011 Carnegie Mellon University (Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship)University of Virginia (Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership)
2010 University of Missouri – Kansas City
2007 Rice University
2006 University of MarylandUniversity of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation
2022 Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford University
2021 (2 awardees) Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Indiana University and Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2020 Universidad Francisco Marroquín (Kirzner Entrepreneurship Center)
2019 ( 3 awardees) University of California, Berkeley – Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & TeachingCU Boulder  – Deming Center for EntrepreneurshipTexas Christian University – Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
2018 Baylor University (John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise)
2017 Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland (Oamk LABs)
2016 University of North Carolina – Greensboro
2015 University of Tampa
2014 University of Texas – Dallas
2012 Belmont University
2011 Villanova University (Insper Institute of Education and Research & ICE Center)
2010 University of Maryland – College Park
2008 Wake Forest University
2007 Ball State UniversityNorthern Kentucky University
2006 Boston University
Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines
2022 Center for Research Innovation, Northeastern University
2021 (3 awardees) Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Colorado Boulder, Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Elon University and Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Texas Christian University
2020 University of Delaware (Horn Entrepreneurship) + The Pennsylvania State University (Center for Penn State Student Entrepreneurship)
2019 Florida State University Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship
2018 University of Massachusetts Lowell (DifferenceMaker Program)University of Utah (Lassonde Entrepreneurship Center)
2017 Villanova University (Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship Institute)University of Cincinnati (UC Center for Entrepreneurship and Commercialization – UC CEC)
2016 Cornell University (Entrepreneurship @ Cornell)San Diego State University (The Lavin Entrepreneurship Center)
2014 Northern Kentucky University
2013 University of Rochester (Center for Entrepreneurship)Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
2012 Millikin University
2011 Wichita State University (Center for Entrepreneurship)
2010 University of North Carolina-GreensboroUniversity of Missouri – Kansas City
2009 Georgia Tech UniversityUniversity of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
2008 Wake Forest University
2007 University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
2006 Pennsylvania State UniversityTemple University
Emerging Entrepreneurship Center
2022 (3 awardees) SCHOOLS WITH LESS THAN 5,000 STUDENTS: Dyer Center for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, Lafayette College
SCHOOLS WITH MORE THAN 5,000 STUDENTS: Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship, James Madison University and Broward Center of Innovation, Nova Southeastern University
2021 (4 awardees) Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Iona College
Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale, Yale UniversityASPER-HUJI Innovate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Miller School of Entrepreneurship, East Carolina University
2020 (4 awardees) Furman University (Furman Innovation and Entrepreneurship) + Eastern Washington University (EWU Center for Entrepreneurship) + Smith College (Jill Ker Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center) + Boston University (Innovate@BU/BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center)
2019 (2 awardees) Dartmouth College – Magnuson Center for EntrepreneurshipBrown University – Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship
2018 (3 awardees) Sydney School of EntrepreneurshipVirginia Tech (Apex Center for Entrepreneurs at Virginia Tech)Vanderbilt University (The Wond’ry)
2017  (2 awardees) University of New Hampshire (Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center)Hofstra University (Entrepreneurship Center)
2016  (2 awardees) London South Bank (Clarence Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation)University of Texas at El Paso (Mike Loya Center for Innovation & Commerce)
2015 University of MississippiUniversity of Calgary
2014 University of Wisconsin – OshkoshBabson College
2012 (new: first year award given) Kansas State University
Outstanding Student Engagement and Leadership
2022 (2 Awardees) SCHOOLS WITH LESS THAN 5,000 STUDENTS: Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital, London Business School
SCHOOLS WITH MORE THAN 5,000 STUDENTS: 707 Hub, Marquette University
2021 (3 awardees) SCHOOLS WITH LESS THAN 5,000 STUDENTS:Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program, Clark University
SCHOOLS WITH MORE THAN 5,000 STUDENTS: Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland and Yazamut 360°Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2020 University of Houston (Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship)
2019 Michigan State University – MSU Entrepreneurship
2018 University of Notre Dame (The IDEA Center)Georgetown University (Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative)
2017 Texas A&M University (Center for New Ventures & Entrepreneurship)
2016 (new: first year award given) Abilene Christian University (Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy)
Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Discipline of Entrepreneurship
2013 Rice University (Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship)
2012 Baruch CollegeUniversity of Arizona
2009 University of California BerkeleyTemple UniversityUniversity of Texas at Dallas
2008 Boston University and Wichita State University
2006 St. Louis UniversitySyracuse University
Exceptional Contributions in Entrepreneurship Research
2022 Adams Center for Entrepreneurship, Florida Atlantic University
2021 Diana International Research Institute, Babson College
2020 (2 awardees) Texas A&M University (McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship) + Virginia Tech University (Apex Center for Entrepreneurs)
2016 Indiana University – Bloomington
2012 Indiana University – Bloomington
2009 Indiana University – Bloomington
2008 Baruch College
2006 Indiana University – Bloomington
GCEC Center of Entrepreneurial Leadership – Year – Location GCEC Host Schools are recognized with this Special award
2022 – Las Vegas UNLV (Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
2021 – Baltimore Loyola University Maryland and University of Baltimore
2020 – Las Vegas UNLV (Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
2019 – Stockholm Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
2018 – Chicago DePaul UniversityIllinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
2017 – Halifax, Canada Dalhousie UniversityUniversity of New Brunswick
2016 – Rochester University of RochesterRochester Institute of Technology
2015 – Gainesville University of Florida
2014 – London, UK University College London
2013 – Kansas City University of Missouri – Kansas City
2012 – Washington, DC Georgetown University
2011 – Los Angeles Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies – University of Southern California
2010 – Pennsylvania Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Pennsylvania State University & Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – WU Vienna
2009 – Houston Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Rice University
2008 – Tucson University of Arizona
2007 – Syracuse Syracuse University
2006 – Northern Kentucky Northern Kentucky UniversityUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of Dayton
GCEC Legacy Award(Special Award) “For pioneering and directing a university entrepreneurship center that created a legacy impact on the field of entrepreneurship”
2022 (2 Awardees) Duncan Moore – The Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor in Optical Engineering Science, professor of optics and biomedical engineering and professor of business administration at the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
Carol Reeves – Associate vice provost for entrepreneurship and the Cecil and Gwendolyn Cupp Applied Professorship in Entrepreneurship at the University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business
2021 (3 awardees) LINDA DARRAGH – The Larry Levy Executive Director of the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative and clinical professor of entrepreneurial practice at Northwestern University
JACK GILL –  Professor of the practice of entrepreneurship at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business
MICHAEL MORRIS – Professor of entrepreneurship and social innovation at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs
2020 (3 awardees) – Patricia Henriques-Dianne Welsh, Hayes Distinguished Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship; Founder and Director Emeritus of the North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center; Founding Director of the Entrepreneurship Cross-Disciplinary Program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Fulbright-Hall Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship for Central Europe (2015)Edward Roberts, David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology; Professor, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management; Founder and Chair, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship; Faculty Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
2019 (2 awardees) Sara Sarasvathy, Paul M. Hammaker Professor in Business Administration, University of Virginia Darden School of BusinessTed Zoller, T.W. Lewis Clinical Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
2018 Dr. Harold P. Welsch, DePaul University
2016 Dr. Donald F. Kuratko,  Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation,  Indiana University – Bloomington
2015 Thomas J. (Tom) O’Malia, University of Southern California
2012 (new: first year award given) Dr. Rudolph (Rudy) P. Lamone, University of MarylandDr. Gary D. Libecap, University of Arizona & University of California-Santa Barbara
GCEC Entrepreneurial Support Award (Special Award)
2009 Maggie Ailes-Ball State University
Travis J. Brown-Indiana University-Bloomington
Nasdaq Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence
2022 SCHOOLS WITH LESS THAN 5,000 STUDENTS: Babson College, The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
SCHOOLS WITH MORE THAN 5,000 STUDENTS: Iowa State University, the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship
2021 Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Trinity University
McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship, Texas A&M University
2020 Miami University –  John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship
2019 University of Chicago – Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
2018 San Diego State University (Lavin Entrepreneurship Center)
2017 University of Tampa (John P Lowth Entrepreneurship Center)
2016 Syracuse University (Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship)
2014 University of Maryland
2012 Oklahoma State University
2011 Rice University (Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship)
2010 Baylor University
2009 University of Southern California
2008 University of Arizona
2007 MIT Entrepreneurship Center
2006 University of California – Berkeley
2005 Pennsylvania State University (Farrell Center for Corporate Entrepreneurship)University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler Center for Entrepreneurial Studies)
2004 Stanford University (Stanford Technology Ventures Program)Syracuse University (Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship)University of Portland (Center for Entrepreneurship)
2003 Texas Christian University (Ryffel Center for Entrepreneurial Studies)University of Notre Dame (Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies)University of Colorado-Boulder (Deming Center for Entrepreneurship)
2002 Babson College (Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship)Indiana University – Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship)St. Louis University (Smurfit Center for Entrepreneurial Studies)
2001 Columbia University (Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship)Cornell University (Entrepreneurship & Personal Enterprise Program)University of Arizona (Karl Eller Center for Entrepreneurship)University of Illinois – Chicago (Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies)Wake Forest University (Angell Center for Entrepreneurship)
2000 Kauffman Foundation (Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership)University of Southern California (Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies)University of Maryland (Dingman Center for EntrepreneurshipBall State University (Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center)Carnegie-Mellon University (Jones Center for Entrepreneurship)Brigham Young University (Center for Entrepreneurship)San Diego State University (Center for Entrepreneurship)University of Virginia (Batten Center for Entrepreneurship)

 

Note: Prior to 2006, the NASDAQ award was the only award presented at the GCEC Conference, and multiple schools were eligible to receive the award.