ENTREPRENEURIAL
Mindset at Lehigh
Lehigh University ensures students from all backgrounds, identities, and disciplines have opportunities to immerse themselves in the processes of creativity, innovation, & entrepreneurship.
Explore the timeline below to learn more about the university's history of entrepreneurial thinking and doing both before and after the founding of the Baker Institute!
Invitation to Innovate: First annual campus-wide student competition
MBA VENTUREseries begins
2001
2002
Wilbur Powerhouse opens to provide space for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship
2002
Lehigh
Entrepreneurs
Network
is established
Entrepreneurship curriculum is established
2003
The Joan F. and John M. Thalheimer ’55 Entrepreneurship Ventures Endowed Program Fund becomes first endowment fund established to support student for entrepreneurship
2006
Entrepreneurship minor is
created
2005
Farrington Award established
2006
Thalheimer EUREKA! Awards established
2007
2008
Entrepreneurship Initiative is envisioned by Provost Mohamed El-Aasser
Entrepreneurship Initiative is Proposed to University
2009
Entrepreneurship courses triple and enrollment increases 5x
2011
LehighSiliconValley launches
2012
The Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Innovation is established to promote creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship to all students in all disciplines and as a platform for students starting ventures.
2010
First cohort completes Master's Degree in Technical Entrepreneurship
2012
LaunchBayC established as part of Mountaintop Initiative
2013
Thalheimer Endowement Expands & EUREKA! Grand Prize is established
2015
The Baker Institute develops culture around entrepreneurial mindset and immersive programs
2016
Entrepreneur Magazine names Lehigh University as having "#2 hands-on entrepreneurship program in US"
2016
The Office of Creative Inquiry is established
2016
2017
Lehigh@NasdaqCenter is established on the west coast
Hatchery Student Idea Accelerator launches as full-time summer opportunity following LaunchBayC
2018
Global Entrepreneurial Fellowship (GEF) is launched to connect students to internships with international startups
2019
Baker Institute announces Mindset and Venture Fellowships
2021
2021
The Thalheimer Enterprise Alliance is established to provide resources to student venture founders as they prepare to launch and scale.
Mentorship program is created as part of EUREKA! Venture Program
Inaugural cohort of students completes Baker Fellowship in Entrepreneurship, Creativity Innovation
2020
Entrepreneurship courses normalized on campus with 12 faculty across 10 undergraduate courses in addition to minor & concentration
2021
Lehigh Ventures Lab will launch...