Members of ESCALATE program pose for a group photo.

ESCALATE

The Engineering Student Community Actively Learning Advanced Technical Entrepreneurship program is a living-learning community for first-year students that focuses on cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset.
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Entrepreneurship–It’s Much More Than Starting a Business

Join a community of entrepreneurial-minded students that live together in a common residence hall during their freshman year and participate in co-curricular activities related to entrepreneurship.  Students also take two courses together, Personal Finance and Introduction to Entrepreneurship.

The Rose-Hulman ESCALATE program prepares our students with an entrepreneurial mindset, whether they are working in an existing company or starting a new venture. Students learn to develop an entrepreneurial mindset that is focused on identifying market opportunities, developing innovative solutions and capturing value to build companies and industries.

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Dr. Craig Downing speaks to students seated around a large conference table.

Entrepreneurial Studies Minor

In a globally competitive environment, the need to rapidly transition from an innovative idea to a viable product necessitates that 21st century engineers and scientists think and act in an entrepreneurial manner. Not everyone must be interested in starting a technology-based company, but it is important to understand the business requirements of technology commercialization.

You can complement your undergraduate technical education with a minor in Entrepreneurial Studies through the Department of Engineering Management. The five-course curriculum (20 credits) will introduce you to the fundamentals of an entrepreneurial mindset.

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Alumnus and entrepreneur Mike Hatfield speaks to the Rose Innovative Student Entrepreneurs club.

RISE: Rose Innovative Student Entrepreneurs

The mission of RISE is to raise awareness of innovation through entrepreneurship and empower students to make their ideas a reality by giving them the tools to start, refine, and realize the visions that will shape tomorrow.

RISE was started by Chad Conway after he spent two summers at the successful start-up Tesla Corporation. Conway sensed a voracious curiosity about start-ups on campus. Soon, he had developed a campus initiative in which students could network and brainstorm with successful entrepreneurs. After graduating from Rose-Hulman in 2012 with a degree in mechanical engineering, Chad accepted a job at Tesla, but he remains connected to his alma mater, returning to campus to speak with students and share new insights.

Admitted students can get more info about RISE on MyRose-Hulman.

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Meet the ESCALATE faculty

Dr. Thomas James
Dr. Thomas James, Professor of Entrepreneurship
Launch Root Quad
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