Entrepreneurship on the Heights
The Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity has a clear mission – to support the lifecycle of dreams and ideas. Want to create a podcast? Launch a clothing line? Develop a patent for your own unique invention? All of that – and more – is possible at the Keenan Center.
Let us help you shape your dream into reality through business development, mentoring, support and professional development.
Keenan Innovators is an after school program for students in grades 6-8. Participants learn how to use a 3D printer and laser cutter, put together a podcast, screen print T-shirts, and more.
Innovation Is Waiting at the Keenan Center
The Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity is where you'll find a community of thinkers and doers who are passionate about innovation.
Join Our Community of Entrepreneurs, Innovators and Creatives
If you are ready to start your entrepreneurial journey, this is the group for you. Benefits include additional access to funding opportunities, mentorships, featured speakers, professional development, travel opportunities and more. Interested in joining? If you're an admitted first-year student, you'll receive an email invitation to apply your senior year of high school.
Meet the Budmens
What if you could “hear” color? What if your 3D printer could create intricately designed and delicious desserts? Isaac and Stephanie Budmen ask these questions in their design work at Budmen Industries and are truly passionate about teaching the inquiry skills required to explore questions like these and beyond at the Keenan Center as the Center’s Project Based Learning team. The Budmens work with students, faculty and the Greater Syracuse community to help spread their philosophy of creative discovery. This process, they stress, begins by nurturing something that we all innately have: curiosity.
Student Innovation at Keenan
Celestin Abwe ’23, founder and president of Clutch Delivery LLC, began his journey thousands of miles away, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For Jamie Sonneville and Jason Hill, presenting their company's, Agri-Trak, story at the 2023 TechCrunch Disrupt conference was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They placed in the final six of TechCrunch, which helped to draw the attention of major investment firms, thanks to the Keenan Center.
What to Expect at the Keenan Center
One-on-one mentorship with experienced business professionals. Support from fellow entrepreneurs. Real-world experience and real-world money. The Keenan Center is bursting with new opportunities every single day.
- Equipment and Resources
Access state-of-the-art facilities in our Center’s MakerSpace, including 3D printers, a virtual/augmented reality station, and a digital media/recording studio. - Mentorship
Work with experienced mentors to develop a new business or grow your current business. - Compete to Earn Startup Funding
Participate in Le Moyne’s Dolphin Tank program to compete for $50,000 for startup funding. - Travel Opportunities
Travel to entrepreneurial hubs like Columbus, NYC, Washington, DC and more. - Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Pursue your passions and craft a career around something you truly love. Our entrepreneurship and innovation minor will prepare you for working with businesses in the real world. - Gain Real-World Experience
Our externship program, ’Phin Labs, places students into established global and regional companies embedded in high-tech, cutting edge and new economy businesses to sharpen their skills.
We not only open our doors to the people on Le Moyne’s campus, but also to the community at large. We’re saying that here is a space where you can make and create and ask questions. Let’s all discover together.”
FAQs
Our services are open to all! While certain hours at the Center are reserved for members of the Le Moyne College community, everyone is welcome at the Center.
Our services are open to all! While certain hours at the Center are reserved for members of the Le Moyne College community, everyone is welcome at the Center.
- Sunday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
- Monday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for general walk-ins
- Tuesday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for general walk-ins
- Wednesday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 pm for general walk-ins
- Thursday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for general walk-ins
- Friday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for general walk-ins
- Saturday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
- Sunday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
- Monday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for general walk-ins - Tuesday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for general walk-ins - Wednesday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 pm for general walk-ins - Thursday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for general walk-ins - Friday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for general walk-ins - Saturday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. via Le Moyne College card swipe
We’re located at 1135 Salt Springs Rd, Syracuse, NY 13224. We’re next to the Le Moyne College bookstore.
We’re located at 1135 Salt Springs Rd, Syracuse, NY 13224. We’re next to the Le Moyne College bookstore.
Yes! The Center is here to help you explore new ideas, refine existing ones and discover your passions.
Yes! The Center is here to help you explore new ideas, refine existing ones and discover your passions.
Our Keenan Center community is highly collaborative and friendly! Our entrepreneurs, innovators and creators often turn to one another to brainstorm and work through problems together.
Our Keenan Center community is highly collaborative and friendly! Our entrepreneurs, innovators and creators often turn to one another to brainstorm and work through problems together.
Our Center’s wonderful staff is trained on how to use our Center’s equipment. We would be happy to show you how it’s done!
Our Center’s wonderful staff is trained on how to use our Center’s equipment. We would be happy to show you how it’s done!
Questions? Let’s get in touch.
Mike D’Eredita
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