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Faculty Entrepreneurship Certification Workshop

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Published Thu Jun 25 2026 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

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**URL**: https://www.nccu.edu/news/nccu-center-entrepreneurship-and-economic-development-spotlighted-aacsb-faculty **Date**: 2026-06-26 **Source**: North Carolina Central University, by Attiyya Dunn Posted January 8, 2025. CEED's Faculty Entrepreneurship Certification (FEC) Workshop highlighted by AACSB in "Promoting Entrepreneurship Across Campus." Launched 2023. Led by Steven Day, PhD, Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship. Two-week workshop targeting faculty from non-business disciplines. Covers Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, lean startup methodologies, MVP development, customer feedback. Three-phase curriculum: 1. Faculty create assignments incorporating entrepreneurial content 2. Demonstrate teaching methodologies to observers 3. Train to mentor students for Eagle Idea Competition Eight faculty from seven departments completed: mathematics/physics, family/consumer science, art/design, dance, mass communications, social work, law. Dean Anthony Nelson: "We see the Faculty Entrepreneurship Certification Workshop as a cornerstone of our entrepreneurial ecosystem."

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URL: https://www.nccu.edu/news/nccu-center-entrepreneurship-and-economic-development-spotlighted-aacsb-faculty Date: 2026-06-26 Source: North Carolina Central University, by Attiyya Dunn

Posted January 8, 2025. CEED's Faculty Entrepreneurship Certification (FEC) Workshop highlighted by AACSB in "Promoting Entrepreneurship Across Campus."

Launched 2023. Led by Steven Day, PhD, Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship. Two-week workshop targeting faculty from non-business disciplines. Covers Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, lean startup methodologies, MVP development, customer feedback.

Three-phase curriculum:

  1. Faculty create assignments incorporating entrepreneurial content
  2. Demonstrate teaching methodologies to observers
  3. Train to mentor students for Eagle Idea Competition

Eight faculty from seven departments completed: mathematics/physics, family/consumer science, art/design, dance, mass communications, social work, law.

Dean Anthony Nelson: "We see the Faculty Entrepreneurship Certification Workshop as a cornerstone of our entrepreneurial ecosystem."

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