About us
Business students study entrepreneurship for many different reasons: they want to start a business, they think they want to start a business, they want special training for a family business or they simply know they don't want to work for anyone else.
If you fit into any of these categories, the Center for Entrepreneurship has a place for you. The faculty and staff of the Center for Entrepreneurship understand the importance of entrepreneurs in today's business world.
Belmont's Center for Entrepreneurship offers a hands-on approach to help you hit the ground running, thanks to its co-curricular environment. Student entrepreneurs are given the opportunities to work in student-run retail spaces on campus or develop their own business ventures with the support of their professors. This hands-on approach equips students with the knowledge, skills and experience needed to be a successful entrepreneur.
Dr. Jeff Cornwall, Director for the Center for Entrepreneurship, is a well-known, respected figure in the entrepreneurial community. Cornwall, an educator, author and entrepreneur is leading Belmont's efforts in expanding its entrepreneurship offerings and reputation in the greater business community.
The Center for Entrepreneurship has options for students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Undergrads can elect to major or minor in Entrepreneurship, expanding their entrepreneurial education beyond the business world. Graduate business students can expand their business education through the Center's graduate-level courses and connections to alumni who are already entrepreneurs.
Whatever your path or vision, Belmont's Center for Entrepreneurship has the expertise, passion and values to prepare you for your own entrepreneurial venture. Entrepreneur magazine named Belmont one of the Top Ten schools in the nation with an Emphasis in Entrepreneurship. In 2008, Belmont University's Center for Entrepreneurship received the USASBE(United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) National Model Undergraduate Program of the Year Award. Come be a part of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University and make your dreams a reality.
