Former Graduate School Dean Bequeaths $51,383 to University

The Howard University Graduate School has received $51,383 from the late Carroll Miller, former Graduate School dean from 1966-1974. The gift will fund the establishment of the Carroll Miller Dissertation Research Fund for graduate students whose research exemplifies Miller’s personal and professional accomplishments.

During his tenure, he presided over the establishment of 11 of the Graduate School’s current 26 Ph.D. programs, including African Studies (1969), psychology (1969), biochemistry and molecular biology (1970), nutritional sciences (1972), sociology and anthropology (1972), anatomy (1973), communication arts and sciences (1973, now divided into two departments: communication sciences and disorders and communication and culture), economics (1974), education (1974), genetics & human genetics (1974), and mathematics (1974).

Miller died in 2003 at the age of 93.

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Entrepreneurial Boot Camp Gets Freshmen in Shape

The Howard University Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation (The ELI Institute) launched its “Entrepreneurship Boot Camp,” a program of workshops and panels on how to start, manage and operate business ventures, during the 2004-2005 academic year. Designed as a one-semester orientation program, all incoming freshmen are required to enroll. Students will hear from the staff of the D.C. Small Business Development Center at Howard University and actual entrepreneurs, as well as participate in team activities. The final project is a business plan, and the top 10 teams will receive awards at the end of the semester.

“The program will enhance our students’ experience in entrepreneurship as we prepare them for success in an increasingly competitive global environment,” said Barron Harvey, Ph.D., dean of the Howard University School of Business. “Most importantly, it will assist in educating the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs.”

The ELI Institute is a result of a $3.1 million entrepreneurship grant awarded in December 2003 to Howard University from the Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, Mo., as part of its Kauffman Campuses initiative.

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