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Winter Degrees Conferred
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Winter Degrees Conferred
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Friday, March 22, 2024
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Spring Break Ends
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Spring Break Ends
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Monday, March 25, 2024
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Entrepreneurship Open House
The Garage
5:00 PM
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The Garage, North Campus Parking Garage/Academic Building
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Whether you have an idea, would like to join a startup as a team member, take a class, or join a student organization - there are tons of ways to get to know the thriving and inclusive entrepreneurial community at Northwestern!
At this open house, we'll have short presentations from The Garage, The Farley Center for
Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and EPIC, followed by Q&A and casual chats to learn more.
We can't wait to welcome you!
Time
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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The Garage, North Campus Parking Garage/Academic Building Map
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The Garage
Startup Matchmaking at The Garage
The Garage
6:00 PM
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Are you a Northwestern student interested in joining a startup? This is your opportunity! Join us for our virtual Startup Matchmaking event on April 4th at 6:00 pm to hear from the teams currently incubating at The Garage & see how you can join them! You’ll hear from 30+ student startups incubating at The Garage and then get the chance to speak with each team individually in separate Zoom rooms to see how you can get involved.
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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The Garage
MaDE You Look! A Design Sprint Challenge
Segal Design Institute
5:00 PM
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DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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The Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) program invites you and your team to compete in a design sprint challenge hosted by Segal Design Institute. Get ready to bring a design to life with the prompt, "Living one-handed in a two-handed world." Industry partners will be assigned to teams as a coach.
All MaDE students are welcome, and students from other majors can join as long as there's at least one MaDE major on the team. Teams may consist of up to four members.
Friday, April 12, 5 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, 8 – 5 p.m.
Meals and refreshments provided.
Please register via the link provided.
Time
Friday, April 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
MaDE You Look! A Design Sprint Challenge
Segal Design Institute
8:00 AM
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DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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The Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) program invites you and your team to compete in a design sprint challenge hosted by Segal Design Institute. Get ready to bring a design to life with the prompt, "Living one-handed in a two-handed world." Industry partners will be assigned to teams as a coach.
All MaDE students are welcome, and students from other majors can join as long as there's at least one MaDE major on the team. Teams may consist of up to four members.
Friday, April 12, 5 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, 8 – 5 p.m.
Meals and refreshments provided.
Please register via the link provided.
Time
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
Corporate Innovation Speaker Series: Jeff Henshaw + Prashanthi Raman
Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
3:30 PM
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ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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As part of our Corporate Innovation class, we will be having five guest speakers, who have all made waves as innovators in an established corporate setting. Because of the invaluable insight and guidance they can provide, we are opening these events to all of our students, even those not enrolled in ENTREP 395: Corporate Innovation.
Jeff Henshaw has spent more than 30 years leading teams and bringing their ideas into reality. He has worked at Microsoft, where he cofounded the Xbox project and developed the vision for the Xbox Live global online gaming service. He continues to innovate from within today, working at Envorso as managing director.
Prashanthi Raman is an established expert in government affairs with nearly 20 years of experience navigating public policy within the private sector. In the past, she shared her talents with Lyft and Cruise, two companies that innovate how we commute. Most recently, she has turned her focus to Chief, a private network focused on connecting and supporting executive women leaders.
Time
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Corporate Innovation Guest Speaker Series: Anoop Prakash
Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
4:00 PM
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ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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As part of our Corporate Innovation class, we will be having five guest speakers, who have all made waves as innovators in an established corporate setting. Because of the invaluable insight and guidance they can provide, we are opening these events to all of our students, even those not enrolled in ENTREP 395: Corporate Innovation.
Anoop Prakash has more than 20 years of experience in innovating from within. He led Harley-Davidson’s entry into the Indian Market in addition to spearheading other initiatives that transformed the company. He currently serves as executive vice president at AriensCo, one of the world's leading manufacturers of snow blowers, zero-turn lawn mowers, and job-site equipment for commercial and high-end consumer markets.
Time
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Corporate Innovation Guest Speaker Series: Swatee Surve
Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
4:00 PM
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ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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As part of our Corporate Innovation class, we will be having five guest speakers, who have all made waves as innovators in an established corporate setting. Because of the invaluable insight and guidance they can provide, we are opening these events to all of our students, even those not enrolled in ENTREP 395: Corporate Innovation.
Swatee Surve is the founder and CEO of Litesprite, an award-winning digital healthcare firm that has built a therapeutic gaming platform that delivers data insights and improves clinical outcomes. Before founding Litesprite, he was the senior innovation strategist and senior product manager of healthcare at T-Mobile, where he led product development and launch efforts for new Android and iOS services in mobile health and communications products.
Time
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Corporate Innovation Guest Speaker Series: Nick Renold
Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
4:00 PM
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ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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As part of our Corporate Innovation class, we will be having five guest speakers, who have all made waves as innovators in an established corporate setting. Because of the invaluable insight and guidance they can provide, we are opening these events to all of our students, even those not enrolled in ENTREP 395: Corporate Innovation.
Nick Renold was the seventh employee of Titan Aerospace, a startup that designed and built solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. He eventually took over as COO, and in 2014, Google purchased Titan Aerospace. He now works on Project Wing, Google’s drone delivery initiative.
Time
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
ITW, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation