i2 Passport Events

Connect with other entrepreneurial- minded students

The student-run Entrepreneurship Club (EClub) calls the ECenter home and is open to all students at UNH, no matter what college or major. Stop by for innovative speakers (usually UNH alums), unique events, a supportive community - and free food! 

Maximum of 5 visits for 2,500 VSC's total (500 VSC's per visit) 

Attend MAC Club meeting every Wednesday from 5:00pm - 7:30pm

MAC, is a student run organization, creates a dynamic and engaging program that allows you to gain real-world exposure and experience. 

Come use the student-run Makerspace at the ECenter. The Makerspace is open to all first time users and experts. Come with your ideas and our student mentors will help you bring them to life!

Maximum of 5 visits for 2,500 VSC's total (500 VSC's per visit) 

Need a space to cultivate your ideas ? Visit the Patten Coworking Space at the ECenter

All particiapants must swipe in at i2 Passport kiosk 

Recieve Visa Stamp Credits for each time you use the Patten Family Coworking Soace from 02/07/2023 to 4/27/2023

Maximum of 5 visits for 2,500 VSC's total (500 VSC's per visit) 

Receive VSCs for posting to Facebook, Instagram, and/or LinkedIn from an ECenter event and tagging the ECenter by April 27, 2023. You will receive 500 VSCs for ONE post. Additional posts are not worth additional VSCs.

You must provide your social media handle at registration

You must send a screen shot to the ECenter to verify post

Please fill out survey prior to i2 Passport Award Ceremony

Semifinal Bud Albin Round, selected teams present their business concepts before a panel of business and industry judges who have reviewed their 5-page submissions and videos. Teams are given a selected amount of minutes to present which is followed by a Q&A session with judges.

Eric B. Schultz is the author of Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway’s Hamilton. His other books include Food Foolish: The Hidden Connection Between Food Waste, Hunger, and Climate Change; Weathermakers to the World (a corporate history of Carrier Corporation); and King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict.

Eric’s for-profit positions have included senior vice president of Midwest operations for American Cablesystems, cofounder and president of Atlantic Ventures, and COB/CEO of Sensitech, a venture-backed Inc. 500 company acquired by Carrier Corporation. He has served as a CEO-partner with Ascent Ventures, executive chairman of HubCast, an advisor to the Avedis Zildjian Company and to Windover Development, and a mentor for student start-up teams in the Brown University B-Lab.

He is the former Chair and now Director Emeritus of the Gettysburg Foundation, the New England Historic Genealogical Society/American Ancestors, and Brown Broadcasting Inc./WBRU-FM. Eric has a bachelor’s degree in history from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Recent UNH Alumni return to campus to discuss where their careers have led them since graduating, covering a diverse range of topics related to the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges, including the climate crisis and racial injustice. We understand that the scale and complexity of these challenges must be addressed by collaboration across public, private and nonprofit sectors, and we know the tools of public policy and ethically governed commerce are critically important to mitigating and adapting to these challenges in a just and equitable way.

Join us for our Alumni panel discussion "A Taste of Entrepreneurship", where we will be discussing innovation within the hospitality industry. 

Twenty teams will advance to the Semifinal Bud Albin Round Challenge where they present theiur business concepts before panel of business and industry judges who reviewed their 5-page subissions and videos. Teams will be alloted 10 minutes to present by 15 minutes of Q&A with judges. 

Come see six teams of of student entrepreneurs and innovators pitch their innovatiors business plan to a panel of industry leading judges for a chance to win the top prize of $15,000 in the 35th annual Paul J. Holloway Prize Comeptition.