NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence
The NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence award represents the highest honor that a University Entrepreneurship Center can receive. This special award was created by NASDAQ in association with the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers for the purpose of recognizing the unique achievements and outstanding efforts of entrepreneurship centers across the world.
The NASDAQ award honors those centers that have made and will continue to make enormous contributions in advancing entrepreneurship as the force in economic growth throughout the world. The honor is bestowed upon entrepreneurship centers that have made remarkable advancements in the entrepreneurial field in the following areas: entrepreneurship research, outreach to emerging ventures, entrepreneurship curriculum, community collaborations, special projects, and overall prestige and recognition in the entrepreneurship field. Selection criteria is based on the breadth and depth of programs outlined, prestige of Center, sustainability of programs, contributions to the advancement of entrepreneurship education and commitment to GCEC.
For questions, please contact one of the following:
- Elana Fine, Chair of the GCEC Awards Committee
Executive Director, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
Email: efine@rhsmith.umd.edu - Mary Lynn Fernau
Marketing Director, Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
Email: mlfernau@rice.edu or 713-348-5374.
2018 Winners
NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence
Number of awards: 1
Winner: Lavin Entrepreneurship Center – San Diego State University
| NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence | |
| 2017 | University of Tampa |
| 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 |