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
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
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