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EPG Application

EPG is a multi-year, interdisciplinary program in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Social Innovation. For the 2025 Cohort, 16 students will be admitted through a competitive application process. Once accepted into the program, EPG Junior Associates will complete a once-a-week 2-hour Spring semester course in the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, leadership, and social innovation. This required course will prepare the cohort for the immersive, field-based EPG institute to take place during the 4-week May term. The institute includes extensive travel throughout the region, meetings with entrepreneurs and community leaders, and team-based and leadership experiences. Throughout the program, students will apply the entrepreneurial mindset and skillset to develop socially innovative solutions to the region’s most pressing problems. All Associates will receive a total of 1.5 credits and a stipend for participating in the program.

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Personal Info

Name * Required
Classification * Required

Contact Info

Are you living off campus? * Required
Off-Campus Address
Please give us the address of your home or last place of residence, not your Berea mailing address * Required

Academic Info

(Midterm GPA for freshmen)
Are you a Bonner Scholar? * Required
Are you a part of the Emerging Scholar Program? * Required
Do you anticipate completing the Writing Competency Requirement and the Developmental Mathematics Requirement by the end of the spring semester? * Required
Are you currently on any form of probation? (check all that apply)

EPG Commitment

The EPG Program requires full availability for the Summer Institute during May term, including extensive travel and potentially weekend availability at times during the term. Are you able to make this commitment? * Required
The EPG Program requires a completion of the .5 credit Introduction to Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship course in the Spring semester, currently scheduled for Wednesdays 4-6. Are you able to enroll in this course? * Required
The EPG Program requires a Directed Field Experience internship, usually completed in the second summer. If you are a junior, the internship MUST be completed immediately following the May term. Are you able to commit to the Directed Field Experience in Summer 2025 or Summer 2026? * Required
The EPG Program requires significant participation in co-curricular programming throughout the year following the Summer Institute, including regular student-directed meetings and events. Are you willing to commit to this co-curricular participation? * Required

Short answer (no more than 300 words). You may want to compose your responses in a Word document and copy it over.

Resources

Please fill out the information for your on-campus references below. This form will send them an automated email asking them to complete a recommendation for you. Be sure to ask them for permission to list them as a reference prior to doing so.

References must be professors or staff. Students cannot provide references.

You must pick two different people.

Reference #1 * Required
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Reference #2 * Required
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If you have questions you can call 859-985-3554 or e-mail us at epg@berea.edu. You may also stop by the EPG offices on the third floor of Stephenson Hall (formerly the Bruce-Trades Building).

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