Program Highlights
Program Dates
January 5 – May 22, 2025
Faculty Director
Jed Simmons, Minor in Entrepreneurship
Jed Simmons is an Entrepreneur-In-Residence and Professor of the Practice in the Shuford Minor in Entrepreneurship at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Additionally, he is a Guest Professor of the Practice in Duke University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship program. He is the 2016 Carolina Chiron Award winner at UNC. To learn more about Jed, check out the full brochure on Heels Abroad.
Program Highlights
Complete your minor in entrepreneurship in one semester while participating in an internship with an innovative organization in partnership with Bard NYC. Students get a head start on their transition from college to career through a transformative semester experience which combines interdisciplinary coursework, a professional internship, and cocurricular programming in one of the most diverse and innovative cities in the world.
Past internships have included startups in:
- Tech
- Finance
- Public health
- Communications
- And more!
Courses offered in this seminar represent the core of the minor in Entrepreneurship. The seminar is open to students with a 3.0 GPA, who are at least of sophomore status, and who have completed or are enrolled in the minor’s mandatory gateway course, ECON 125 (Introduction to Entrepreneurship), or with instructor permission.
This program combines virtual communites of UNC students taking classes while sharing their experiences in entrepreneurial internships in a variety of industries. The Shuford Honors Seminar on Entrepreneurship allows students to live and work while taking remote classes together.
