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Idea Grad Gwen Larned

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“I knew I’d found myself in the right place when the first day of my entrepreneurship minor in the IDEA Institute our professors led us in a dancing stretch to warm up for class. Through the next six quarters i was constantly pushed to reimagine the way higher education could be. We did real world projects, building actual businesses and events. We worked in real teams solving real problems. The way IDEA coached us through these projects taught us skills that would form our careers not just fill spaces on a resume. The community I found in the classroom is genuinely a key reason I made it through my four years at Western. These people, the professors and my classmates, are lifelong friends and people I will always invite to collaborate with on projects as we each change the world little by little”. 2018 Idea Minor Grad