A CULTURE OF BELONGING

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MORE than diversity. Meaningful Inclusion.

At the IDEA Institute at Western Washington University we push for aspiration. Beyond diversity, we acknowledge that belonging is at the core to meaningful participation and engagement. Our classroom is a community. Over the course of two years we dive deep, encourage, and nudge each other to grit and implementation.

JOY

We choose joy.

IDEA GRIT AND BEAR IT

Resilience, dedication and purpose.

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ENTR 246 – Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation
We start with the foundations for the theory and practice of entrepreneurship and innovation knowledge, skills and abilities.

In the context of new and existing organizations with varied economic and non-economic purpose, students will examine opportunity and how to bring innovation to bear on these through bringing together resources and people to effect desired change.

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DESIGN

ENTR 346 – Intermediate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The course builds upon the Entrepreneurship Foundations (ENTR 246) course and provides additional student entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and abilities through increasingly deep and complex experiences in and out of the classroom.

Students will engage in creation and development of their own ventures, engage with ongoing ventures and will provide coaching/mentoring to earlier stage entrepreneurship students.

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DO (Launch and Scale)

ENTR 446 – Advanced Entrepreneurship and Innovation
This advanced course builds upon Entrepreneurship Foundations (ENTR 246) and Intermediate Entrepreneurship Experience (ENTR 346) to provide an outwardly focused, deeply experiential and complex set of entrepreneurial learning opportunities. Students will spend significant time applying the knowledge and skills attained to increase their entrepreneurial abilities through multiple, custom built, highly integrated projects and ventures in real-life contexts.