Calvin lands grant to teach engineering students entrepreneurship

Competent entrepreneurship will propel West Michigan's economic future by generating jobs and investment opportunities, and one local college is retooling its engineering curriculum to teach students how to turn an engineering idea into a business opportunity.

According to excerpts from the story:

Calvin College is planning to teach engineering students entrepreneurship skills, using a $50,000, two-year grant from the Kern Family Foundation.

“What we’re trying to do in coursework is provide more opportunities for students to think not just about the theory of engineering, but how to take an idea that has engineering aspects to it and run with that idea, whether in big companies or independent.”

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