Who We Are
Welcome to the Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation where your creative ideas are celebrated, your innovative spirit is nurtured, and your entrepreneurial and innovative skills developed. Together, we’ll dream big, design smart, and develop for success.
Thanks to the support and generosity from Robert and Carolyn Turner, the Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation offers an inclusive, interdisciplinary journey to shape a brighter future for individuals, communities, and our planet!
Entrepreneurial Scholar Program
Any Bradley University student, regardless of major or academic college, has the unique opportunity to earn the “Entrepreneurial Scholar” designation on their transcript by completing a prescribed set of requirements. Earning this designation shows potential employers that students developed skills in creativity, innovation, and problem solving. Additionally, the entrepreneurial activities provide practical experience to supplement classroom instruction.
Any student wishing to pursue the Entrepreneurial Scholar designation will need to complete 3 credit hours of course work and earn 20 points for participating in entrepreneurial activities.
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor
This interdisciplinary minor guides students to their innovative ideas into opportunities. The 21st century problem solving skills developed within the SEI minor are required for successful entrepreneurial endeavors and are in demand by large corporations, small businesses, family businesses, startups, nonprofit entities and social ventures.
Get started today! Contact SEI Advisor, Dr. Jane Talkington at [email protected] or call (309) 677-3890 to declare your SEI minor.
Degree Completion
Bradley’s interdisciplinary innovation degree completion program enables students to build on the 90-plus credit hours you already have to earn your B.A. or B.S. degree. Offered through the Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation — the first school of its kind — on-campus classes help you develop the skills to become an innovative thought leader in your career.
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Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series
The Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation is where dreamers become doers. Our Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series is an opportunity for you to engage with those who have deployed innovation to create entrepreneurial success.
Each year the Turner School honors a world-renowned entrepreneur with the annual Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The honoree speaks to the Bradley and Peoria communities in a dynamic event that’s all about exploring innovative and entrepreneurial paths.
Shawn Seipler,
Founder & CEO of Clean the World Global
Shawn began his journey in 2009 when he questioned the fate of leftover hotel soap. His profound sense of empathy for those in need of hygiene items, his concerns for the environment, and his resolve led to the creation of Clean the World, a social enterprise transforming used soap bars and plastic bottled amenities from the hospitality industry into essential supplies for communities worldwide. Starting in a small garage in Orlando, Florida, Shawn’s dedication and family support transformed Clean the World into a global leader in sustainable impact solutions.
Shawn’s social entrepreneurial philosophy is captured in this quote, “I’ve always had this desire to help the less fortunate, to elevate those in need, and to witness the happiness of others.”
MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE – CLEAN THE WORLD
Clean the World, an affiliate of Clean the World Global, is a global leader in environmental and social impact solutions, which aims to make the world a better place by diverting soap bars and plastic amenities that the hospitality industry would otherwise discard onto landfills and recycling the collected soap into new bars. By doing so, Clean the World helps reduce pollution, save water and decrease the carbon footprint of thousands of hotels globally, while helping improve the lives of women, children, and communities by donating the new soap bars to global NGOs, such as The WASH Foundation.
With over 8,300 participants in its Global Hospitality Recycling Program, and more than 1.4 million hotel rooms processed daily, Clean the World has already diverted over 27.4 million pounds of waste from landfills and donated over 85.6 million bars of recycled soap since its inception in 2009.
