In the context of a long liberal arts tradition, Lake Erie College provides distinctive undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students to meet career and life challenges as educated and responsible citizens of local, national and international communities.

The mission of the Lake Erie College Center for Entrepreneurship is to facilitate our community's efforts in transforming ideas into enterprises that create value.

Now in its third year, the Center for Entrepreneurship continues to make progress – challenging students, faculty and staff to be entrepreneurial in their thinking, and helping to fuse the spirit of entrepreneurship across all academic disciplines.

Lake Erie’s Flagship Entrepreneurial programs include:

  • Academic endeavors such as the Entrepreneurship major, Equine Entrepreneurship major and Entrepreneurship minor.
  • The Entrepreneurs-in-residence program: where real world entrepreneurs are available to work one-on-one with students, teach courses and bring expertise to campus.
  • Protégé program: this program helps to coordinate and facilitate internship opportunities for students with local entrepreneurs
  • The Entrepreneur Speaker Series: creates open forums for learning to students and the community at-large.
  • Faculty/staff grants to promote entrepreneurial ventures and research.
  • Business Plan competitions for students to encourage investigation and application of entrepreneurial thinking

 

 

ET 201 Fundamentals of the Enterprise
The course provides and introduction to the structural, financial, economic, managerial, legal and operational fundamentals of organizations, profit and non-profit.

ET 211 New Venture Planning and Development
The course provides an introduction to the elements and processes by which new ventures are created, both within existing organizations and start-up enterprises.

EQ402 New Venture Creation for the Equine Industry
This course requires a thorough research project culminating in the development of a finished plan for an equine small business venture. Students must present their plans with a thorough presentation to an outside board of professional experts. Students may work in teams or alone to complete the business plan.

Entrepreneurship major
The entrepreneurship major at Lake Erie College integrates a contemporary liberal arts education with a solid foundation of management tools from traditional business disciplines. Within this context, students are coached to recognize and assess opportunities, master their communication skills, participate and lead effectively within a team environment and develop comprehensive implementation plans. Whether market-based or within a not-for-profit environment, entrepreneurship majors are prepared to create new ventures; both as stand-alone entities and within existing organizational structures. Specific entrepreneurial experiences in both the classroom and the community provide students with relevant hands-on opportunities for participative learning applications as well as active mentoring by Lake Erie College Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and faculty with entrepreneurial experience.


Equine Entrepreneurship major
The Equine Entrepreneurship degree program is a multi-disciplinary approach focusing on the core business management and equine studies courses required to be a successful entrepreneur in the equine industry. The Equine Entrepreneurship program emphasizes financial and personnel management skills, marketing and business operations, principles involved in the equine nutrition and health and business management.


A complete list of majors may be found at: http://www.lec.edu/aboutus/facts/

Lake Erie College has been recognized as a "best baccalaureate college" in the Midwest by the 2009 "America’s Best Colleges Guide" of US News & World Report, named a Student Horizon’s "College of Distinction" and named one of the best colleges in the Midwest for three years in a row by The Princeton Review.

School type: Four Year, Private, Founded: 1856

Affiliation: None

Web site: http://www.lec.edu/

Student Profile:

Number of undergraduate, full-time students:
841

Percentage of undergraduate, full-time male students, female students:
45% Male, 55% Female

Number of states represented by student body:
33

Number of countries represented by student body:
4

Percentage of international students:
1%

Percentage of minority students:
11%

Number of students participating in entrepreneurship:
122 undergraduate students, 31 graduate students in MBA

Faculty Profile:

Number of full-time faculty:
51

Student/Faculty ratio:
14:1

Athletics:

Athletic division, conference, number of varsity sports:
NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, 20 varsity sports

Financial:

Cost of tuition:
Tuition includes student fees: $25,296 Cost of room and board: $8,072

Percentage of students who receive some financial aid:
95%

Lake Erie College
391 W. Washington St.
Painesville, Ohio 44077

440-375-7137

http://www.lec.edu/