K-12

The university gives Nebraska's young people a chance to begin early in their entrepreneurial ventures by hosting programs, camps and institutes available to youth from kindergarten through high school.

Sections: High school students | Youth

High school students

High School Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, UNK campus: Workshops help students assess their technical and business skills, and evaluate whether they might be ready to start their own ventures; activities include testimony from successful rural Nebraska entrepreneurs, field trips to businesses in central Nebraska, and business plan development. Participants learn how to write and develop a sustainable business plan.

Maverick Entrepreneurship Institute: Week-long residential classroom experience for high school students facilitated by Omaha Public Schools; hands-on instruction in key elements necessary for small businesses and start-ups including cash flow projection, market research, environmental and competitor analysis, strategic positioning, project planning, and teaming. Contact: http://cba.unomaha.edu/mei/hss_program.html.

Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship Young Entrepreneur Scholars: Recognizes Nebraska high school seniors with outstanding potential to become entrepreneurs; help in developing successful businesses and finding financial assistance. Contact: http://www.cba.unl.edu/outreach/ent/yec/.

New Venture, Adventure Day, UNK: Learning more about entrepreneurship, students work in teams to complete a variety of tasks including developing a mission statement, creating a commercial, obtaining a loan from bankers, identifying a site and determining the physical layout of their business, analyzing an ethical dilemma and presenting their overall business concept to a panel of judges.

Youth

4-H EntrepreneurShip Investigation: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension 4-H curriculum designed to help youth ages 10-19 learn to think and act like entrepreneurs. Contact: http://4h.unl.edu/esi/.

Global Economic Gardening , UNK Center for Economic Education: Pod-casts capture rural Nebraskans engaging in international entrepreneurship; designed to be integrated into K-12 curriculum based on the new Nebraska Department of Education guidelines. Contact: http://www.unk.edu/acad/cee/.

Kidz University: Exhibit in annual KidzExplore children’s festival, enroll in day-long experience to learn about concepts in disciplines such as aviation, biology, banking and economics, physics, health science and international studies. Contact: http://www.kidzexplorekearney.com/.

Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship Kids Invent Toys Camp: Syndicated week-long national program to stimulate inventive thinking and creative discovery at the elementary school age; two summer sessions offered at UNL. Contact: http://www.cba.unl.edu/outreach/ent/kit/.