Open: NCIIA 14th Annual Conference

Union College is a Liberal Arts school with a nationally recognized engineering program. Students at Union College are encouraged to reach beyond traditional disciplines in order to insure they have the breath of education necessary to succeed in the competitive global economy. The Engineering-Liberal Arts Entrepreneurship Seminar is part of an ongoing program at Union College to support innovation and entrepreneurship. The course, taught by an economics professor and a mechanical engineering professor, is supported by business school faculty, venture capitalists, legal experts, economic development experts, and entrepreneurs in the region that come to class to share their expertise and experience with the student teams. The teams are composed of an engineering senior and his or her senior project, along with two-to-three students majoring in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The course is about interdisciplinary communication, teamwork, social responsibility, entrepreneurship and commercialization.