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Jill Ker Conway Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center

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The Jill Ker Conway Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center builds on the programming of Smith’s Women and Financial Independence program, a successful initiative that was launched in 2001. The Conway Center is a hub where students receive the tools to think expansively and develop innovative solutions to pressing problems. The center hosts and facilitates a slate of programs and activities focused on creative thinking, problem solving, interdisciplinary teamwork and development of business and entrepreneurial skills.

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Conway Center Programming
About the Center
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Events
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Courses
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Innovation
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Entrepreneurship
Women & Financial Independence
Financial Education
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Research
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Opportunities
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Resources

Upcoming at CIEC

Featured Event
Oct
23

Financing Life

  • Campus Center Room 103/104, noon

  • It's never too soon or too late to start thinking about your financial future.
    Lunch provided.
Oct
30

Financing Life

  • Campus Center Room 103/104, noon

  • It's never too soon or too late to start thinking about your financial future.
    Lunch provided.
Nov
2

Annual Grinspoon Conference

  • MassMutual Center, 8a-2p

  • Be one of the 500 local college students learning about innovation and entrepreneurship in the Pioneer Valley.
Nov
6

Financing Life

  • Campus Center Room 103/104, noon

  • It's never too soon or too late to start thinking about your financial future.
    Lunch provided.

 

Contact

Conway Center

146 Elm Street
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
Phone: 413-585-3653
Fax: 413-585-3655
Email: ciec@smith.edu

Keep Exploring

Draper Competition

The annual Draper Competition highlights innovation by collegiate women entrepreneurs. Over $100,000 in cash and scholarships were awarded in 2018.

Global Financial Institutions Concentration

Acquire in-depth knowledge of the structure and operation of U.S. and world financial institutions.

Student Connections

Four student-led clubs are housed under and supported by the CIEC: Consulting Club, Investment Club, Smithies in Business, and StartUp Smith.