EMIFY
Entrepreneurial Mindset In The First Year
How to Facilitate EM Adoption in First Years
When you integrate entrepreneurial mindset (EM) into first-year programs, you create an impactful mechanism for developing entrepreneurially-minded engineering graduates - as you can see in this concept map:
First, you must understand and embrace the connection between traditional first-year engineering curriculum and EM. The EMIFY project can help!
EMIFY: Entrepreneurial Mindset in the First Year
Get started with Card #3945: EMIFY Card Deck.
First-year educators from across the network have shared activities, projects, and other content to help you catalyze and facilitate adoption of EM activities. These GIFTS - Great Ideas for Teaching Students - include design activities on a short timescale, design projects on a long timescale, technical skill building, professional skill building, mindset/attitude activities, and full course frameworks. Get Card #3945: EMIFY Card Deck.
Explore activities from the EMIFY Card Deck:
Card #3069
Reverse Engineer YouTube Videos
Card #3930
Mini Design Projects with Personas
Card #3933
Connecting to Campus Resources
Card #3922
Lab-to-Market Accelerator
Card #2327
Tinkering to Engage
EMIFY was presented at the 2024 KEEN National Conference.
Upcoming Events
ASEE Annual Conference 2024
- T227B·Special Session - Roundtable: Curricular Trends in First-Year Engineering
- Special First-Year Programs Division Session Led by EMIFY
- Tue. June 25, 2024, 9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
- Oregon Ballroom 201, Oregon Convention Center
- M727·First-Year Programs Division Social
- Social Sponsored by EMIFY and KEEN
- Mon. June 24, 2024, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
- Punch Bowl Portland, 340 SW Morrison St Suite 4305, Portland, OR 97204
First-Year Engineering Experience Conference 2024
- Workshop: Entrepreneurial Mindset in the First-Year: Socializing a Body of Knowledge
- Panel: Transferability of First Year Course Credit: Entrepreneurial Mindset Content and Learning Outcomes
- First-Year Engineering Experience Social Meal, sponsored by EMIFY and KEEN
Get Engaged
Meet the EMIFY Project Team Leads
- Jack Bringardner (Colorado School of Mines)
- Blake Hylton (Ohio Northern University)
- Kaitlin Mallouk (Rowan University)
- Krista Kecskemety (The Ohio State University)
More Information
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Questions? Email the EMIFY team.