COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Thirteen Minnesota private colleges and universities currently participate in Innovation Scholars programming with over 40 faculty and staff providing coaching and support for Innovation Scholars teams.
Since the program’s founding in 2006, over 850 students have engaged with ideas and inventions in development and wrestled with the array of opportunities and challenges in tech transfer and commercialization of new products, including issues of bioethics and health equity.
If you are a student at a participating college and are interested in being part of a future Innovation Scholars team, please contact your Campus Liaison (see lists below).
If you are a current program participant and have administrative questions, please email: innovationscholars@mnprivatecolleges.org
Media inquiries may be directed to: innovationscholars@mnprivatecolleges.org
PARTICIPATING UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Augsburg University
Dixie Shafer
shafer@augsburg.edu
Bethel University
Seth Paradis
s-paradis@bethel.edu
Carleton College
Sara Nielsen
snielsen@carleton.edu
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University
Lindsey Gutsch
lgutsch001@csbsju.edu
Concordia College
Krys Strand
strand@cord.edu
Gustavus Adolphus College
Emilie Moeller
emiliemoeller@gustavus.edu
Macalester College
Lisa McCarthy
lmccarth@macalester.edu
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Matthew Klosky
mklosky@smumn.edu
St. Catherine University
Kurt Olson
kholson@stkate.edu
St. Olaf College
Kirsten Cahoon
cahoon@stolaf.edu
The College of St. Scholastica
University of St. Thomas
Laura Bru
laura.bru@stthomas.edu
PARTICIPATING GRADUATE UNIVERSITIES
Augsburg University
George Dierberger, dierberg@augsburg.edu
St. Catherine University
Kristin Tupa, kmtupa@stkate.edu
University of St. Thomas
Steve Vuolo, sdvuolo@stthomas.edu
