Director of the U-Imagine Center for Integrative and Entrepreneurial Studies

Director of the U-Imagine Center for Integrative and Entrepreneurial Studies

 

The Director of the U-Imagine Center for Integrative and Entrepreneurial Studies at Ursinus College provides the vision and leadership for embedding entrepreneurial thinking and action across the curriculum, co-curriculum, and all Innovation Centers. The Director envisions, develops, organizes, plans, directs, and implements entrepreneurship-related initiatives in alignment with the U-Imagine 2.0 model. The Director is responsible for administering faculty, student, and community programs that inspire and equip participants to apply entrepreneurial approaches in every discipline.

Central to the role is scaling entrepreneurship beyond the Center itself, creating faculty capacity to integrate entrepreneurial pedagogy, and ensuring that students in all majors have meaningful opportunities to apply these skills through Innovation Center projects, courses, and ventures.

The Director oversees strategic student leadership initiatives, delegating day-to-day logistics to program staff and student project managers. The Director engages with Ursinus alumni, outside professionals, and an Advisory Board to cultivate partnerships, secure resources, and expand the College’s entrepreneurial ecosystem regionally and nationally. The development of a strategic integration plan for the Center and collaboration with Advancement on multi-year funding initiatives are key components of the role.

 

Leadership and Strategic Planning

• Lead the development, design, implementation, administration, and evaluation of programs, faculty initiatives, and partnerships that inspire and amplify entrepreneurial thought and action across the College’s Innovation Centers, academic departments, and co-curricular programs.
• Develop and implement an annual strategic integration plan that details U-Imagine Center’s objectives within the broader APEX and Innovation Centers framework.
• Collaborate with college leadership and campus partners to embed entrepreneurial competencies into academic programs, faculty development pathways, and student career readiness efforts.
• Shape entrepreneurial and professional development initiatives that connect student innovation with career pathways and post-graduate success.

 

Program Development, Management and Administration

• Direct and oversee signature and emerging programs (e.g., BEAR Innovation, Digital Spark, Avenue V), ensuring each aligns with Innovation Center themes and provides interdisciplinary engagement opportunities.
• Integrate experiential entrepreneurship modules into multiple disciplines, leveraging Innovation Centers as delivery hubs for both credit-bearing and co-curricular opportunities.
• Design, implement, and support faculty- and student-led ventures, ensuring alignment with curricular goals and community impact priorities.
• Lead a faculty fellows program, mentor student project teams, and facilitate partnerships that connect ventures to real-world resources and markets.
• Design co-curricular and curricular programs that integrate entrepreneurial action with career exploration, networking, and workforce readiness skills.
• Oversee budget, strategic staffing, and resource allocation, delegating daily logistics to program staff where possible.
• Foster an inclusive environment that welcomes broad participation and collaboration across campus and community stakeholders.
• Facilitate a collaborative, energized network that bridges disciplines, Innovation Centers, and external partners.

 

Faculty Development and Academic Integration

• Design and lead an annual Faculty Fellows program to embed entrepreneurial approaches into courses across disciplines.
• Offer professional development workshops and summer institutes on entrepreneurial pedagogy, project-based learning, and venture design.
• Maintain a repository of teaching resources, case studies, and adaptable modules for faculty use.
• Collaborate with department chairs and Innovation Center directors to align entrepreneurship outcomes with curricular goals.

 

Student Leadership and Development

• Oversee the U-Imagine Specialty Scholarship program and ensure scholars engage in cross-center initiatives that model entrepreneurial leadership.
• Direct and support student innovation teams aligned to signature programs, with operational execution led by a program manager or lead student coordinators.
• Support student-led fundraising, sponsorships, and ven