Drew.edu: Freeman Seminar - Dr. Jo Anne Murphy

Class Details

Opportunity Provided To Students By Seminar

To learn from the experience of Black entrepreneurs how to utilize entrepreneurial skills to succeed in any career – a journey of experiential and applied learning

Seminar Focus: The Entrepreneur is the Business

Critical elements for success as an entrepreneur, regardless of ethnicity, education, location of business, level of success -- to be incorporated by students into their final case study project:

Know/define thyself – what strengths, weaknesses, unique personality characteristics, communication skills and ability to interrelate with others, etc. does the entrepreneur [or you] have to work with at the outset
What is the entrepreneur’s [your] life passion?
How does who the entrepreneur is as a person, including highlights from that person’s life, [or you] relate with the choice of business [or career]
Based on what you learned from the entrepreneurs interviewed and our guest entrepreneurs, how would you structure your “business” concept: marketing, planning, acquisition of resources, organization of your life to achieve success in the business or career of your choice?

Expectations of students

Intensive participation in the seminar process through excellence in attendance and engagement in this experiential learning opportunity; commitment to timely completion of assignments and production of quality work; pursuit of reflection and analysis of information received from diverse entrepreneurs to distill information applicable to assignments and to students' future lives in the world of employment, on completion of their academic experience.
Read designated chapters of Juliet E.K. Walker’s book (Dr. Walker’s website:http://www.utexas.edu/research/centerblackbusiness) providing background information for case studies in Black Entrepreneurship
Participate in seminar project with Madison Historical Society
Attend Saturday March 4^th session of BS&C conference & prepare 3 - 5 pg. paper
Students prepare in advance minimum of 2 questions for each guest-speaker session
Students assigned to lead discussion during guest presentations & prepare summary of guest presentation for seminar website
Participation in each session is required. [10 points deducted for each unexcused absence]
Completion of all required seminar assignments and posting on individual web page