Marketing and Entrepreneurship
WELCOME
The Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship offers a variety of programs designed to meet your needs. With three majors and two minors and one certificate, there are combinations to suit your interests whether you want to start your own business, work in a corporation or small business, go into sales, product development or brand management.
TOP 55
RANKED ONE OF THE TOP 55 MARKETING COLLEGES BY UNIVERSITY HQ
TOP 100
RANKED ONE OF THE TOP 100 MOST AFFORDABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP COLLEGES BY UNIVERSITY HQ
TESTIMONIALS FROM ALUMNI & EMPLOYERS
"The entrepreneurship program kick-started my entrepreneurial mindset and enabled me to grow my startup into a full-time career post-graduation. I was able to apply my coursework directly to my business and work with entrepreneurs one-on-one to learn how to succeed in my startup. I have been in business for five years thanks to the entrepreneurship program and look forward to continuing my growth thanks to everything I learned in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship."
Anne Skoch
Founder & CEO
Anne Cate
BS Fashion Merchandising & Minor of Entrepreneurship for Non-Business Majors, '18
MARKETING & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEGREES & PROGRAMS
B.B.A. in Entrepreneurship
B.B.A in Marketing
Ph.D in Marketing
Professional Sales Certificate
Entrepreneurship Minor (Business Majors)
Entrepreneurship Minor (Non-Business Majors)
Marketing Minor
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
The American Marketing Association (AMA) is the professional association for individuals and organizations who strive to be the most relevant force and voice shaping marketing around the world; an essential community for marketers. Today, the AMA leads an unparalleled discussion on marketing excellence. Continuing in the tradition of Neil Borden and so many others, the AMA offers differentiated content that focuses on the tension between Best Versus Next Practices™. In the past, AMA has attended conferences in Pittsburgh and New Orleans, worked on integrated marketing plans for eBay and Mary Kay, and assisted in the marketing efforts of local businesses/organizations.
Social Media Links
Snapchat: @KSUAMA
Faculty Advisor
Chris Mahar
Associate Professor
cmahar1@kent.edu
330-672-1270
The Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization (CEO) is an organization dedicated to giving entrepreneurial minds the community in which to flourish. This being through opportunities to curate ideas with peers, listen to guest speakers, compete in competitions, and build a meaningful network. This is the place to go if you are interested in starting a business.
CEO’s vision is to serve colleges and universities helping students achieve their entrepreneurial dreams and goals. CEO provides student entrepreneurs with opportunities, events, chapter activities and conferences to help start businesses.
Our organization supports more than 16,500 emerging collegiate entrepreneurs annually. We believe that any student, regardless of academic discipline, can launch a business, and they support and inspire the growth and development of any student that seeks to be entrepreneurial.
CEO’s Mission is to inform, support and inspire college students to be entrepreneurial and seek opportunity through enterprise creation. With a vast entrepreneurial community and global network, CEO provides student entrepreneurs with opportunities, events, chapter activities and conferences to help start businesses. The highlight of the year is the annual Global Conference hosted each fall.
The Kent State chapter meets every Thursday at 7 PM in the Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship in Crawford Hall, Suite 116.
President - KSU Chapter
Gabe Crozier | gcrozier@kent.edu
Faculty Advisor
Nick Petrella
The Kent State University Sales Team has competed internationally, nationally and regionally since Fall 2013. Since that time, over 100 students have represented Kent State at competitions in Orlando, Atlanta, Cleveland, Toledo and Bloomsburg, PA. Our team has consistently placed in the top 20% of universities and has won the National Sales Case Competition, been in the Final Four and in the top 10 at several competitions.
Membership on the Sales Team is open to all students, regardless of major.
Interested in a Sales Certificate?
The Professional Sales Undergraduate Certificate at Kent State equips students with essential sales skills, giving them a competitive edge in the job market. It complements a wide variety of majors and helps Kent State students stand out against the competition, especially when paired with a Sales Team membership.
Learn More | The Professional Sales Undergraduate Certificate
Testimonials
Hear from current students on the value of being a member of the KSU Sales Team!
Tim Tusick
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Contact Us
Program Coordinator and Sales Team Coach
Associate Lecturer
Marketing and Entrepreneurship
kblay@kent.edu
Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) is a professional fraternity specializing in the advancement of sales, marketing and management professions. Pi Sigma Epsilon is a nonprofit, coed organization with more than 50 chapters and approximately 50,000 members nationwide. With exposure to a professional environment, you are able to further understand business relationships found in a corporate-driven society. Our goal is to provide you with practical business experience through sales, sales projects, marketing, marketing research and community service projects. You will also have the opportunity to attend regional and national conferences where you can compete in the Sales Pro Am and network with companies during Career Fairs. For more information, please email us at KentStatePSE@gmail.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. What are you waiting for? Gain your advantage today!
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Faculty/Staff Advisor
Kelly Blay
Associate Lecturer & Sales Program Coordinator
Marketing and Entrepreneurship
kblay@kent.edu
330-672-1257
FACULTY & STAFF
SALES ADVISORY BOARD
Board members advise faculty on current issues in professional selling, assist in developing a plan for expanding employer partnerships, provide feedback on student preparation, and guide the design of employer outreach programs, as well as support student sales career education programming. For more information, contact the Sales Program Coordinator, Kelly Blay.
CONTACT US
Haithem Zourrig, Ph.D.
Department Chair for Marketing and Entrepreneurship
hzourrig@kent.edu
330-672-1266
MARKETING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OFFICE
Phone: 330-672-2170
Fax: 330-672-5006
302 Crawford Hall
MAILING ADDRESS
Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
P.O. Box 5190
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242