The GRIT Center at Snow College was funded by the Utah State Legislature and opened November of 2019. Here, through experiential learning, students develop leadership skills and an entrepreneurial mindset. Students have the opportunity to participate in diverse entrepreneurial programming and win funding to put their ideas into action through GRIT Center pitch competitions.
The GRIT Center can help you
Grow Your Dreams
The skills you learn through participation in GRIT Center events will help you become a capable and innovative leader.
You don't need to be a business major to benefit from GRIT Center programming. We can show you how to leverage your passion for a subject, a problem, or a specific group of people to build the life you want in a place where you want to be!
Entrepreneurial Mindset*
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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
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Flexibility & Adaptability
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Communication and Collaboration
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Comfort with Risk
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Initiative & Self Reliance
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Future Oreintation
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Opportunity Recognition
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Creativity & Innovation
Adopting an entrepreneurial mindset has been shown to confer a multitude of benefits including increased confidence and persistence in college, greater ability to lead, higher starting salaries and significant gains in emotional intelligence measures. You can learn these skill by participating in GRIT Center events and seminars, which are open to students from any major.
Leadership
Whether you want to start your own business, innovate from a role in an existing company, help support service organizations or community non-profits, or build strong relationships with friends and family, an entrepreneurial mindset will help you lead the way in accomplishing goals.
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At the heart of most entrepreneurial journeys is a desire to build a life and a community. Visit our entrepreneurship seminar page to see what some of our visiting entrepreneurs have learned and accomplished along their way.
