The new Entrepreneurship and Innovation (E&I) Center will provide a flexible, technology-rich environment for enabling and expanding the collaborations that already exist and so, will serve as a central hub for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology's (CEnIT) programs.

The E&I Center's location between the College of Business and the College of Engineering and Science is a perfect opportunity to deepen and enhance the partnership between the two colleges and to extend that collaboration productively across all colleges on campus. It is also strategically located to serve as a physical and symbolic connection to Enterprise Campus.

COMPLETION:  LATE SUMMER 2010

The E&I Center will enable an increased focus on research since it will be occupied by faculty from a variety of disciplines having in common an interest in all things related to entrepreneurship and innovation. Faculty members from the partner colleges, such as industrial and mechanical engineering, computer science, computer information systems, marketing, and management will be based within the E&I Center.

Faculty from other disciplines such as graphic design, speech and psychology may also have offices here. These faculty members will draw both undergraduate and graduate students to the collaborative environment as they teach in the open lab/collaborative classrooms and conduct their research at the E&I Center.

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology (CEnIT), as a partnership of the College of Business and the College of Engineering and Science, has a mission to foster a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation at Louisiana Tech and disseminate that culture and its impacts to the surrounding region.