Loyola announces first faculty innovation fellows
Loyola University Maryland’s Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship established an innovation fellowship for faculty members to help them integrate innovation and entrepreneurship education into their classrooms and departments.
“The goal of the program is to provide students across disciplines with an opportunity to explore innovative mindset and build entrepreneurial skills they can apply to their academic endeavors, careers after graduation, and as leaders in or owners of businesses and nonprofit organizations,” said Jon Weinstein, entrepreneur in residence and assistant teaching professor at Loyola, who established the followship with Michael Tangrea, Ph.D., endowed professor of biology and innovation.
The fellowship is a multidisciplinary effort between Loyola’s three schools: Loyola College, the University’s school of arts and sciences, the Sellinger School of Business and Management, and the School of Education.
The fellowship’s first cohort, consisting of eight faculty members from different departments, met for the first time in March. They are:
- Kerry Boeye, Ph.D., associate professor of art history
- Christy DeVader, Ph.D., associate professor of management
- Kim Hart, MBA ’08, assistant teaching professor of marketing
- Janine Holc, Ph.D., professor of political science
- Nune Hovhannisyan, Ph.D., associate professor of economics
- Kelly Keane, Ed.D., associate teaching professor of education
- Carrie Lang, M.Ed. ’06, assistant clinical professor of education
- Thomas Lyons, assistant teaching professor of economics
Fellows participate in four workshops that highlight innovation and entrepreneurship concepts, such as design thinking, entrepreneurial mindset, and new venture lifecycle, which can be integrated into their curricula and classrooms. They will also meet each semester to share classroom experiences, recommendations, and best practices.
In addition to the workshops and meetings, innovation fellows will support Loyola’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, serving on panels, at events and as mentors to entrepreneurs in the Simon Center’s Baltipreneurs Accelerator, a four-month part-time program supporting startup businesses and social ventures in Baltimore.
Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management in Baltimore delivers an internationally recognized Jesuit business education. Recognized for its scholarship, ethical leadership, and tradition of excellence, the Sellinger School delivers a wide range of sought-after fields of study including nine undergraduate majors and 12 undergraduate minors as well as full-time, part-time, and fully online MBA and Master of Accounting programs.