The college's School of Engineering, Math & Computer Science is KEEN's newest partner
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.,Jan. 27, 2023/PRNewswire/ --Elizabethtown Collegerecently became the newest member to join the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), a national partnership of engineering programs focused on developing and promoting innovation in engineering education for the good of society.
KEEN is a selective network of approximately 50 partner institutions acrossthe United Stateswith a shared vision of equipping engineering students with not only technical skills but also an "entrepreneurial mindset." Elizabethtown joinsPennsylvaniacolleges includingBucknell,Lehigh,Villanova, and Drexel Universities in the network.
"Elizabethtown College'sSchool of Engineering, Math & Computer Science empowers its students to embrace an entrepreneurial mindset as they envision their goals,"Elizabethtown College Deanof Engineering, Math & Computer Science Sara Atwood said. "Becoming a KEEN partner provides our exceptional faculty with additional resources to enhance our students' knowledge and foster innovation and creativity that resonates with our mission of Educate for Service, Engineer for Society."
KEEN's mission aims to graduate engineers with an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create personal, economic, and societal value through a lifetime of meaningful work.
"We are excited that Elizabethtown is now part of KEEN and look forward to their contributions to and future impact on the Network," KEEN Digital Media DirectorMichael Johnsonsaid. "This partnership brings us closer to realizing our mission and is a tremendous opportunity to connect entrepreneurially minded approaches to the existing holistic education that Etown engineers receive."
EachKEEN Partnerinstitution is committed to reaching all of their undergraduate engineering students with anentrepreneurial mindset.在敏锐的贡献和教职员工influence the Engineering Unleashed Community, an online platform of the KEEN network, and the broader engineering education ecosystem, reflecting the belief that networks scale impact.
Learn more aboutElizabethtown College'sSchool of Engineering, Math & Computer Science atetown.edu.
About KEEN
KEEN is the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network, a program of The Kern Family Foundation, based inWisconsin.The Foundation provided early support for Network activities, the development of the Engineering Unleashed platform and many professional development and networking events to advance entrepreneurial engineering.
About Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College, located in southcentralLancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than 50 health, science, engineering, political science business, communications, fine art and music, humanities, and education degrees. Discover more:etown.edu.
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