Barbara Glazer Weinstein and Jerome S. Glazer Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Learning Community

The Purposes of CIE include:

• helping individuals from all parts of the campus to discover their own creative, innovative and entrepreneurial potential;
• helping students and others understand how creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship are critical survival and success tools in today’s job market;
• providing tools and techniques for developing more creative, innovative and entrepreneurial approaches to the challenges in any field or discipline;
• presenting real-world challenges from the non-profit, for-profit and public sector environments in which students and others can apply creative, innovative and entrepreneurial think and doing;
• recognizing excellence in the pursuit of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship;
• exploring leading edge research questions surrounding creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.

CIE encourages students to try new things. We celebrate the attempt, and failure is seen as a necessary way in which we learn what does not work and how we might adjust or adapt. We strongly believe not only in dreaming but in doing. Significant emphasis is placed on actually following through on new ideas, and on taking responsibility for implementation. We adopt the motto of our academic sponsor, the EEE Program:

Dream > Believe > Pursue

Who is a CIE Student?

CIE is a learning community that focuses on encouraging students to dream, but also to do something about those dreams. Every student is rich in creative, innovative and entrepreneurial potential, but many do not recognize their potential, or are unsure how to channel it and take advantage of it. CIE is about working with others in a variety of contexts to make innovative change happen. We welcome students at every level and in every discipline -- from entering freshmen to graduate students, from majors in architecture and philosophy to future teachers. The only requirement is a desire to discover your own creative, innovative and entrepreneurial potential, and to act on that potential.

Expectations of Students in the Community

Students accepted into the CIE learning community are expected to:

• take a one-credit course (“Discovering the Innovator Within”) each semester;
• dedicate at least ten hours per week to learning community activities;
• maintain a personal portfolio of their creations and accomplishments in the community, and present these at the end of the academic year; and
• apply their creative, innovative potential on a regular basis.

<The Incoming CIE Students, Fall 2006>