UNH Entrepreneurship Center Annual Impact Report 2019-2020

ABOUT THE ECENTER
The Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) at the University of New Hampshire is the co-curricular
heart of ideas, innovation, and entrepreneurship on campus. The ECenter is open to all students from any
college or major, intentionally independent of any one college.
Our goal at the ECenter is to foster the next generation of leaders with an entrepreneurial mind-set who
can see opportunities and identify creative solutions that others have missed, one idea at a time. We do this
by delivery unique, hands-on, experiential programming that inspires, nurtures, and mentors students from
any major, at every step in process, anywhere from idea growth and development to the fundamentals of
company creation. The ECenter operates as a start-up in an academic environment, and most programs are
donor funded.
Since we opened our doors in 2014, we have built a track record of success throughout the UNH student
community, and beyond. Being co-curricular means we are able to complement what all UNH students are
learning in every classroom on campus. Read on for more about our signature programs and organizations,
including i2 Passport TM , Paid Internship at Start-Ups, the Maurice Prize for Innovation, student-run EClub, the
Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, and much more.
This annual report represents a snapshot into what we’ve been hard at work on over the 2019-2020
academic year. Like everyone else this year, we felt the impact of a global pandemic and worked hard to
innovate and pivot our programming to continue offering the highest level experience to our students. We
are tremendously proud of our ECenter community and every student that calls the ECenter their home for
ideas, innovation, and entrepreneurship at UNH.
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