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Past Winners

2016 GCEC Award Winners:

Exceptional Contributions to Entrepreneurship Research (1 award)

Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Indiana University – Bloomington

 

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching & Pedagogical Innovation (1 award)

University of North Carolina – Greensboro

 

Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines (2 awards)

Entrepreneurship at Cornell

Cornell University

The Lavin Entrepreneurship Center

San Diego State

 

NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (1 award)

Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship

Syracuse University

 

Outstanding Contribution to Venture Creation (2 awards)

Entrepreneurship + Innovation

Arizona State University

Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice

Northwestern University

 

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center (2 awards)

Clarence Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

London South Bank

Mike Loya Center for Innovation & Commerce

University of Texas at El Paso

 

Outstanding Specialty Program (2 awards)

Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA

University of Vermont

Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship

Duke University 

 

Outstanding Student Engagement and Leadership (1 award)

Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy

Abilene Christian 

 

Center of Entrepreneurship Leadership Award (2 awards)

University of Rochester

Rochester Institute of Technology

One award for (plaque, like one last year)

 

2016 GCEC Legacy Award

Dr. Donald F. Kuratko

Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Indiana University – Bloomington

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2015 GCEC Award Winners:

GCEC Award For Emerging Entrepreneurship CenterUniversity of Mississippi and University of Calgary GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to Venture AccelerationUniversity of Maryland
GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across DisciplinesNorthern Kentucky University GCEC Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching And Pedagogical InnovationUniversity of Tampa
GCEC Award for Center of Entrepreneurial Leadership AwardUniversity of Florida

 

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2014 Award Winners

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

 

2014 Winner: University of Texas – Dallas

GCEC Award for EMERGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER

 

2014 Winner: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

2014 Winner: Babson College

GCEC Center of ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2014 Winner: University College London

NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence

2014 Winner: University of Maryland

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2013 Award Winners

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2013 Winner: Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship – Rice University

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2013 Winner: University of Missouri-Kansas City

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2013 Winner: Center for Entrepreneurship – University of Rochester & Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2013 Winner: The Entrepreneurship Center – Ball State University

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2012 Award Winners

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2012 Winner: Baruch College (Submission) &

University of Arizona (Submission)

GCEC Award for EMERGING CENTER

2012 Winner: Kansas State University (Submission)

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2012 Winner: Georgetown University

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2012 Winner: Millikin University (Submission)

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2012 Winner: Belmont University (Submission)

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2012 Winner: Indiana University-Bloomington

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2012 Winner: University of Florida (Submission)

NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

2012 Winner: Oklahoma State University

Inaugural Legacy Award

“For pioneering and directing a university entrepreneurship center that created a legacy impact on the field of entrepreneurship”

2012 Winner: Dr. Rudolph (Rudy) P. Lamone – University of Maryland &

Dr. Gary D. Libecap – University of Arizona & University of

California-Santa Barbara

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2011 Award Winners

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2011 Winner: Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies – University of Southern California

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2011 Winner: Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship – Carnegie Mellon University & Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership – University of Virginia

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2011 Winner: Center for Entrepreneurship – Wichita State University

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2011 Winner: Insper Institute of Education and Research & ICE Center – Villanova University

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2011 Winner: Institute for Entrepreneurship – Miami University & Center for Entrepreneurship – University of Rochester

NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence

2011 Winner: Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship – Rice University

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2010 Award Winners

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2010 Winner: Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Pennsylvania State University & Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – WU Vienna

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2010 Winner: University of Missouri-Kansas City

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2010 Winner: University of North Carolina-Greensboro & University of Missouri-Kansas City

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2010 Winner: University of Maryland-College Park

NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence

2010 Winner: Baylor University

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2009 Award Winners

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2009 Winner: Rice Alliance & Rice University

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2009 Winner: University of California Berkeley, Temple University, & University of Texas at Dallas

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in

ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2009 Winner: Georgia Tech University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in

ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2009 Winner: Indiana University-Bloomington

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2009 Winner: Rice Alliance, Rice University & MIT Entrepreneurship Center

NASDAQ Award Winner

2009 Winner: University of Southern California

Entrepreneurial Support Award

2009 Winners: Maggie Ailes-Ball State University & Travis J. Brown-Indiana University-Bloomington

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2008 Award Winners

GCEC Center of ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2008 Winner: University of Arizona

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2008 Winner: Boston University and Wichita State University

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2008 Winner: None Selected

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2008 Winner: Wake Forest University

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2008 Winner: Baruch College

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2008 Winner: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2008 Winners: Wake Forest University

NASDAQ Award Winner

2008 Winner: University of Arizona

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2007 Award Winners

GCEC Center of ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2007 Winners: Syracuse University

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2007 Winners: None Selected

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contribution to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2007 Winners: Rice University

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activites in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2007 Winners: University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2007 Winner: None Selected

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2007 Winner: University of Illinois-Chicago

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2007 Winner: Ball State University and Northern Kentucky University

 

NASDAQ Award Winner

2007 Winner: MIT Entrepreneurship Center

 

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2006 Award Winners

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2006 Winners: St. Louis University and Syracuse University

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contribution to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2006 Winners: Univ. of Maryland and Univ. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activites in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2006 Winners: Pennsylvania State University and Temple University

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2006 Winner: Indiana University

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2006 Winner: University of Colorado – Boulder

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2006 Winner: Boston University

 

NASDAQ Award Winner

2006 Winner: University of California – Berkeley

 

Complete List of 2006 GCEC Award Winners

2022 GCEC Award Winners and Finalists

Nasdaq Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence

Winner (less than 5,000 students): Babson College, The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Winner (more than 5,000 students): Iowa State University, the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship (more than 5,000 students)

 

Excellence in Speciality Entrepreneurship Education

Winner: Houston Community College, Entrepreneurial Initiatives

Finalist: East Carolina University

Finalist: Grand Valley State University

Finalist: Houston Community College

Finalist: University of Pennsylvania

Finalist: University of Iowa

 

Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation

Winner: University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), Schulze School of Entrepreneurship

Winner: Texas A&M University System, TEES DeepTech Ventures

Finalist: Florida Atlantic University

Finalist: Florida Gulf Coast University

Finalist: Harvard University

Finalist: Texas A&M University System

Finalist: University of St. Thomas

 

Outstanding Student Engagement & Leadership

Winner (less than 5,000 students):London Business School, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital

Winner (more than 5,000 students): Marquette University, 707 Hub

 

Finalist (less than 5,000 students): Fayetteville State University

Finalist (less than 5,000 students): Florida Southern College

Finalist (less than 5,000 students): London Business School

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): Brown University

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): Marquette University

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): Northeastern University

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): The Hebrew University

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): University of Connecticut

 

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center

Winner (less than 5,000 students): Lafayette College, Dyer Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

 

Winner (more than 5,000 students): James Madison University, Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship

Winner (more than 5,000 students): Nova Southeastern University, Alan B. Levan-NSU Broward Center of Innovation

Finalist (less than 5,000 students): Denison University

Finalist (less than 5,000 students): Florida Southern College

Finalist (less than 5,000 students): Lafayette College

Finalist (less than 5,000 students): Waynesburg University

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): James Madison University

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): MIT’s iHQ (Innovation Headquarters)

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): Nova Southeastern University

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): Technical University of Denmark

Finalist (more than 5,000 students): University of Suffolk

 

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation

Winner: Stanford University, Stanford Technology Ventures Program

Finalist: Babson College

Finalist: Copenhagen Business School

Finalist: Stanford University

Finalist: University of St. Thomas

Finalist: University of Houston

 

Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines

Winner: Northeastern University, Center for Entrepreneurship Education

Finalist: Northeastern University

Finalist: University of Pennsylvania

Finalist: Iowa State University

Finalist: Elon University

Finalist: University of Arkansas

 

Exceptional Contributions in Entrepreneurship Research

Winner: Florida Atlantic University, Adams Center for Entrepreneurship

Finalist: Florida Atlantic University

Finalist: The Ohio State University

 

GCEC Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Winner: UNLV, Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

 

GCEC Legacy Award

Winner: 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

Winner: 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 GCEC Award Winners

Read the 2021 Awards Press Release

 

Nasdaq Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence

Winner (less than 5,000 students): Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Trinity University
Winner (more than 5,000 students): McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship, Texas A&M University

 

Excellence in Speciality Entrepreneurship Education

Winner: Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas at Dallas

Winner: NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, New York University

 

Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation

Winner: NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, New York University

Winner: Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Minnesota

 

Outstanding Student Engagement & Leadership

Winner (less than 5,000 students): Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program, Clark University

Winner (more than 5,000 students):Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland

Winner (more than 5,000 students): Yazamut 360°, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

 

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center

Winner (less than 5,000 students):Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Iona College

Winner (more than 5,000 students):Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale, Yale University

Winner (more than 5,000 students): ASPER-HUJI Innovate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Winner (more than 5,000 students): Miller School of Entrepreneurship, East Carolina University

 

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation

Winner:Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Indiana University

Winner: Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines

Winner: Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Colorado Boulder

Winner:Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Winner: Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Texas Christian University

 

Exceptional Contributions in Entrepreneurship Research

Winner: Diana International Research Institute, Babson College

 

GCEC Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Winner: Loyola University Maryland and University of Baltimore

 

GCEC Legacy Award

Winner: Linda Darragh, The Larry Levy Executive Director of the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative and clinical professor of entrepreneurial practice at Northwestern University

Winner: Jack Gill: Professor of the practice of entrepreneurship at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business

Winner: Michael Morris, Professor of the practice of entrepreneurship at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business

2020 GCEC Award Winners

Nasdaq Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence

Winner: Miami University – John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship

 

Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation

Winner: Texas Christian University – Neeley Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Winner: Northeastern University – Northeastern University Center for Entrepreneurship Education

Finalist: Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Minnesota

Finalist: McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship and Arizona FORGE at the University of Arizona

Finalist: Neeley Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Texas Christian University

Finalist: Northeastern University Center for Entrepreneurship Education at Northeastern University

Finalist: Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship at Iowa State University

 

Outstanding Student Engagement & Leadership

Winner: University of Houston – Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship

Finalist: Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship at Loyola Marymount University

Finalist: Northeastern University Center for Entrepreneurship Education at Northeastern University

 

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center

Winner: Furman University – Furman Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Winner: Eastern Washington University – EWU Center for Entrepreneurship

Winner: Smith College – Jill Ker Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center

Finalist: Innovate@BU/BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center at Boston University

Finalist: Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship at Memorial University

Finalist: Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University

 

 

 

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation

Winner: Universidad Francisco Marroquín – Kirzner Entrepreneurship Center

 

Finalist: Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Northern Kentucky University

Finalist: Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines

Winner: University of Delaware – Horn Entrepreneurship

Winner: The Pennsylvania State University – Center for Penn State Student Entrepreneurship

Finalist: The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Texas Christian University

Finalist: Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center at the University of New Hampshire

Finalist: Florida Polytechnic University – Florida Polytechnic University’s Entrepreneurship Center

Finalist: Harvard University – The Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis

 

GCEC Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Winner: Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at UNLV

 

GCEC Legacy Award

Posthumous Legacy Award: Patricia Henriques, Former Director, Tech Launch Arizona, Former Director, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Arizona

Winner: Dianne Welsh, Hayes Distinguished Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship Fulbright-Hall Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship for Central Europe (2015); Founding Director of the North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center; Founding Director of the Entrepreneurship Cross-Disciplinary Program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Winner: 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 GCEC Award Winners

Nasdaq Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence

Winner: University of Chicago – Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

 

Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation

Winner: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Finalist: Rady School of Management/UC San Diego – California Institute for Innovation & Development

Finalist: Clarkson University – Shipley Center for Innovation

Finalist: Grand Valley State University – Richard M. and Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Finalist: University College Cork – IGNITE

 

Outstanding Student Engagement & Leadership

Winner: Michigan State University – MSU Entrepreneurship

Finalist: West Virginia University – IDEA Hub Ecosystem and LaunchLab Network

Finalist: University of Houston – Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship

 

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center

Winner: Dartmouth College – Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship

Winner: Brown University – Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship

Finalist: Rice University – Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Finalist: The Hebrew University Jerusalem – HUJI Innovate

Finalist: Memorial University – Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship

 

Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education

Winner: Rutgers University – Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED)

Finalist: The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University – Arsenal

Finalist: University of Delaware – Horn Entrepreneurship

Finalist: Utah State University – Center for Entrepreneurship

Finalist: The University of Texas at Dallas – Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

 

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation

Winner: University of California, Berkeley – Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Teaching

Winner: CU Boulder  – Deming Center for Entrepreneurship

Winner: Texas Christian University – Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Finalist: Munich University of Applied Sciences – Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship

Finalist: Wisconsin School of Business – Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship

 

Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines

Winner: Florida State University – Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship

Finalist: Texas A&M University – McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship

Finalist: The Pennsylvania State University – The Center for Penn State Student Entrepreneurship

Finalist: Florida Polytechnic University – Florida Polytechnic University’s Entrepreneurship Center

Finalist: Harvard University – Harvard Innovation Labs

 

GCEC Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Winner: Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship

 

GCEC Legacy Award

Winner: Sara Sarasvathy, Paul M. Hammaker Professor in Business Administration, University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Winner: Ted Zoller, T.W. Lewis Clinical Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

2018 GCEC Award Winners

2018 GCEC Award Winners:

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching & Pedagogical Innovation

Number of awards: 1

Winner: John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise – Baylor University

Finalists:

University of Virginia Technology Entrepreneurship – University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Science

NC State Entrepreneurship – NC State University

Center for Entrepreneurship – Wake Forest University

International Institute for Creative Entrepreneurial Development – University of Wales Trinity Saint David

 

Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines

Number of awards: 2

Winners:

DifferenceMaker Program – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute – University of Utah

Finalists:

Clarence Centre for Enterprise and Innovation – London South Bank University

Center for Entrepreneurship – California State University, Chico

Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship – Purdue University

 

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

 

Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation

Number of awards: 2

Winners:

Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship – University in Stockholm, Sweden

MSU Entrepreneurship – Michigan State University – Michigan State University

Finalists:

Arthur M Blank Center for Entrepreneurship – Babson College

The IDEA Center – The University of Notre Dame

Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship – Northern Kentucky University

 

Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education

Number of awards: 1

Winners:

Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership – Babson College

Finalists:

Institute for Veterans and Military Families – Syracuse University

Institute for Entrepreneurship – Miami University

Tata Center for Design and Technology – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Deming Center for Entrepreneurship – University of Colorado – Boulder

 

Outstanding Student Engagement and Leadership

Number of awards: 2

Winners:

The IDEA Center – The University of Notre Dame

Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative – Georgetown University

Finalists:

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – University of North Carolina Wilmington

Center for Entrepreneurship and Rural Development – University of Nebraska at Kearney

Entrepreneurship at Cornell – Cornell University

 

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center

Number of awards: 3

Winners:

Sydney School of Entrepreneurship – Sydney School of Entrepreneurship

Virginia Tech – Apex Center for Entrepreneurs at Virginia Tech

The Wond’ry – Vanderbilt University

Finalists:

LaunchLab – West Virginia University

Jill Ker Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center – Smith College

Entrepreneurship Center of the Federal University of Itajubá – Federal University of Itajubá

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2016 GCEC Award Winners

2016 GCEC Award Winners:

Exceptional Contributions to Entrepreneurship Research (1 award)

Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Indiana University – Bloomington

 

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching & Pedagogical Innovation (1 award)

University of North Carolina – Greensboro

 

Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines (2 awards)

Entrepreneurship at Cornell

Cornell University

The Lavin Entrepreneurship Center

San Diego State

 

NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (1 award)

Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship

Syracuse University

 

Outstanding Contribution to Venture Creation (2 awards)

Entrepreneurship + Innovation

Arizona State University

Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice

Northwestern University

 

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center (2 awards)

Clarence Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

London South Bank

Mike Loya Center for Innovation & Commerce

University of Texas at El Paso

 

Outstanding Specialty Program (2 awards)

Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA

University of Vermont

Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship

Duke University 

 

Outstanding Student Engagement and Leadership (1 award)

Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy

Abilene Christian 

 

Center of Entrepreneurship Leadership Award (2 awards)

University of Rochester

Rochester Institute of Technology

One award for (plaque, like one last year)

 

2016 GCEC Legacy Award

Dr. Donald F. Kuratko

Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Indiana University – Bloomington

2014 GCEC Award Winners

2014 Award Winners

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

 

2014 Winner: University of Texas – Dallas

GCEC Award for EMERGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER

 

2014 Winner: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

2014 Winner: Babson College

GCEC Center of ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2014 Winner: University College London

NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence

2014 Winner: University of Maryland

2012 GCEC Award Winners

2012 Award Winners

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2012 Winner: Baruch College (Submission) &

University of Arizona (Submission)

 

GCEC Award for EMERGING CENTER

2012 Winner: Kansas State University (Submission)

 

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2012 Winner: Georgetown University

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2012 Winner: Millikin University (Submission)

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2012 Winner: Belmont University (Submission)

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2012 Winner: Indiana University-Bloomington

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2012 Winner: University of Florida (Submission)

 

NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

2012 Winner: Oklahoma State University

 

Inaugural Legacy Award

“For pioneering and directing a university entrepreneurship center that created a legacy impact on the field of entrepreneurship”

2012 Winner: Dr. Rudolph (Rudy) P. Lamone – University of Maryland &

Dr. Gary D. Libecap – University of Arizona & University of

California-Santa Barbara

2010 GCEC Award Winners

2010 Award Winners

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2010 Winner: Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Pennsylvania State University & Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – WU Vienna

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2010 Winner: University of Missouri-Kansas City

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2010 Winner: University of North Carolina-Greensboro & University of Missouri-Kansas City

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2010 Winner: University of Maryland-College Park

 

NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence

2010 Winner: Baylor University

2008 GCEC Award Winners

2008 Award Winners

GCEC Center of ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2008 Winner: University of Arizona

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2008 Winner: Boston University and Wichita State University

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2008 Winner: None Selected

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2008 Winner: Wake Forest University

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2008 Winner: Baruch College

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2008 Winner: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2008 Winners: Wake Forest University

 

NASDAQ Award Winner

2008 Winner: University of Arizona

2006 GCEC Award Winners

2006 Award Winners

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2006 Winners: St. Louis University and Syracuse University

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contribution to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2006 Winners: Univ. of Maryland and Univ. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activites in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2006 Winners: Pennsylvania State University and Temple University

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2006 Winner: Indiana University

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2006 Winner: University of Colorado – Boulder

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2006 Winner: Boston University

 

NASDAQ Award Winner

2006 Winner: University of California – Berkeley

 

Complete List of 2006 GCEC Award Winners

2017 GCEC Award Winners

2017 GCEC Award Winners:

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching & Pedagogical Innovation

Number of awards: 1

Winner: Oamk LABs – Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Finalists:

Keller Center – Princeton University

NC State Entrepreneurship – NC State University

Skandalaris Center – Washington University in St. Louis

 

Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines

Number of awards: 2

Winners:

Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship Institute – Villanova University

UC Center for Entrepreneurship & Commercialization (UC CEC) – University of Cincinnati

Finalists:

The Garage at Northwestern – Northwestern University

Center of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development – DifferenceMaker Program – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Office of Zone Learning – Ryerson University

 

NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence

Number of awards: 1

Winner: John P Lowth Entrepreneurship Center – The University of Tampa

Finalist:

Office of Zone Learning – Ryerson University

University of Florida Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center

 

Outstanding Contribution to Venture Creation

Number of awards: 1

Winners: Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – The University of Chicago

Finalists:

ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute – ESADE Business School

Center for New Ventures & Entrepreneurship – Texas A&M University

Center for Entrepreneurship Education – Northeastern University

Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center

Number of awards: 2

Winner:

Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center – University of New Hampshire

Center for Entrepreneurship – Hofstra University

Finalists:

Montclair State University Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship

Center for Entrepreneurship – California Lutheran University

the Wond’ry – Vanderbilt University

Jill Ker Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center – Smith College

 

Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education

Number of awards: 1

Winners:

Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism – CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Finalists:

Institute for Veterans and Military Families – Syracuse University

The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) – Rutgers University

Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship – Ivey Business School

Gellert Family Business Resource Center – University of San Francisco

 

Outstanding Student Engagement and Leadership

Number of awards: 1

Winner: Center for New Ventures & Entrepreneurship – Texas A&M University

Finalists:

ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute – ESADE Business School

UNCW Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship – University of North Carolina Wilmington

2015 GCEC Award Winners

2015 GCEC Award Winners:

GCEC Award For Emerging Entrepreneurship CenterUniversity of Mississippi and University of Calgary GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to Venture AccelerationUniversity of Maryland
GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across DisciplinesNorthern Kentucky University GCEC Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching And Pedagogical InnovationUniversity of Tampa
GCEC Award for Center of Entrepreneurial Leadership AwardUniversity of Florida
2013 GCEC Award Winners

2013 Award Winners

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2013 Winner: Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship – Rice University

 

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2013 Winner: University of Missouri-Kansas City

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2013 Winner: Center for Entrepreneurship – University of Rochester & Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2013 Winner: The Entrepreneurship Center – Ball State University

2011 GCEC Award Winners

2011 Award Winners

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2011 Winner: Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies – University of Southern California

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2011 Winner: Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship – Carnegie Mellon University & Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership – University of Virginia

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2011 Winner: Center for Entrepreneurship – Wichita State University

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2011 Winner: Insper Institute of Education and Research & ICE Center – Villanova University

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2011 Winner: Institute for Entrepreneurship – Miami University & Center for Entrepreneurship – University of Rochester

 

NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence

2011 Winner: Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship – Rice University

2009 GCEC Award Winners

2009 Award Winners

GCEC Center for ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2009 Winner: Rice Alliance & Rice University

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2009 Winner: University of California Berkeley, Temple University, & University of Texas at Dallas

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activities in

ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2009 Winner: Georgia Tech University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in

ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2009 Winner: Indiana University-Bloomington

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2009 Winner: Rice Alliance, Rice University & MIT Entrepreneurship Center

 

NASDAQ Award Winner

2009 Winner: University of Southern California

 

Entrepreneurial Support Award

2009 Winners: Maggie Ailes-Ball State University & Travis J. Brown-Indiana University-Bloomington

2007 GCEC Award Winners

2007 Award Winners

GCEC Center of ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

2007 Winners: Syracuse University

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contributions to ADVANCE THE DISCIPLINE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2007 Winners: None Selected

 

GCEC Award for Outstanding Contribution to ENTERPRISE CREATION

2007 Winners: Rice University

 

GCEC Award for Exceptional Activites in ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES

2007 Winners: University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

GCEC Award for Exceptional Contributions in ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

2007 Winner: None Selected

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in SPECIALTY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

2007 Winner: University of Illinois-Chicago

 

GCEC Award for Excellence in ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2007 Winner: Ball State University and Northern Kentucky University

 

NASDAQ Award Winner

2007 Winner: MIT Entrepreneurship Center