Creighton University

  • Meeting Demands of Job Market, Creighton University Offers New Finance and Technology (FinTech) Major

    Meeting Demands of Job Market, Creighton University Offers New Finance and Technology (FinTech) Major

    It’s interesting how a trip to Australia can spur many things: a fondness for prawns, a fear of crocodiles, a rousing game of knifey-spoony. For Associate Professor of Finance at Creighton University Lee Dunham, PhD, a vacation down under gave him the idea for a new finance and technology (FinTech) major. Dunham noticed a huge…

  • Creighton students to present mobile app projects at showcase Thursday

    This semester Creighton University students got creative when it came to the focus of their semester-long app design projects. From an app to help prevent drunk dialing to one that rates Creighton campus bathrooms and another that serves as a mobile version of the university’s newspaper, a variety of apps will be on display Thursday…

  • Creighton’s 3 Day Startup wraps Sunday with practice investor pitch

    While Startup Weekends took place the past few days in Des Moines and Kansas City, a different sort of business-building event was hosted this weekend in Omaha. Twenty-seven students from Creighton University, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spent the weekend at 3 Day Startup, developing a business idea and executing on…

  • 3 Day Startup comes to Omaha’s Creighton University Nov. 15-17

    Thanks to 3 Day Startup, an international organization focused on building entrepreneurial communities on college campuses, a select group of Creighton University students will soon have a platform to make their entrepreneurial …

  • Creighton app contest gives students “amazing learning experience”

    A mobile app to keep Creighton Bluejays fans informed and a mobile app to help shoppers stay under budget took home the top prizes at a Creighton University app competition on Thursday. The first-time event served as the culmination of a Creighton business school class focused on mobile app development. “It was a very cool…

  • Prairie Portrait: Lucas Turner, Creighton University senior

    Silicon Prairie News: To what would you attribute your interest in social entrepreneurship? Can you pinpoint any particular individuals or experiences that sparked it? | Lucas Turner: I first became aware of social entrepreneurship as a potential career path after coming to Creighton. It sounded like the perfect major because it allowed my passions of…

  • Back to school: Startup Job Crawl returns Sept. 11 and 12

    Are you a student actively looking for the must-have fall internship? Are you a startup looking for talent? Either way, you’re in luck. We’re starting the school year with back-to-school editions of the Startup Job Crawl, the event that brings talented college and university students together with the startup community to create powerful connections and…

  • Halo Institute ‘relaunch’ – new director, new location, same mission

    As part of a recent transformation of Halo Institute, the offices were moved to a new location on Creighton University’s campus to utilize available space and bring the nonprofit business incubator within close proximity to Creighton’s College of Business. “Some have called it the relaunch of the Halo Institute,” said John Blazek, the new director…

  • First Look: Halo Institute’s new home at Creighton

    This past October, Halo Institute, a nonprofit business incubator now wholly run by Creighton University College of Business, relocated to Creighton University’s campus at 2500 California Plaza. Steven Adams (pictured left) and I stopped by yesterday to interview Halo’s new director and entrepreneur in resident, John Blazek (pictured right). We have a story in the…

  • After year-long program, students pitch at BioVentures 2010

    About 70 people gathered this past Wednesday evening at Creighton University to listen to pitches from students following their year-long participation in Creighton’s Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. Titled BioVenture 2010, the third annual event had the student groups present their business plans and posters for the projects…