Contents & Credits
Spring 2008. Volume XXV, Number 1.
Entrepreneurship: Transforming Ideas into Business
Contents
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
The Empowering Spirit of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship: a Permanent Condition
The Center for Entrepreneurship
Educating Entrepreneurs
Student Entrepreneurship
Three Michigan Engineering Entrepreneurs Answer Four Key Questions
The Medical Innovation Center
The Corporate Role in Student Entrepreneurship
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BYTES
Quick News
Student Updates
Faculty Updates
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ALUMNI
Alumni Notes
Jeanne Rosario – the Sky’s the Limit
Manuel Luis del Valle – Alumnus, Adventurer, Family Man
In Memoriam
Credits
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David C. Munson, Jr.
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Byron Roberts (BA ’85)
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Bill Clayton
Design
Mira Lancaster
Contributing Editors
Alissa Ampezzan, Dawn Barton, Julie Christofferson, Mark Jones, Bobbie Simson, Peggy VandeVoorde
Photo credits
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Contributors
Vivianne Schnitzer is the University of Michigan Hispanic Communications Coordinator. She was previously The Hague correspondent for the Spanish News Agency, EFE, and Vienna correspondent for the Spanish newspaper El Pais.
Deb Case has extensive experience as a communicator in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. At GE Aviation, she serves as a media relations specialist and promotes the company’s advanced aircraft engine technology.
The Regents of the University of Michigan
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