EMERGE Annual Meeting

June 2-4, 2025, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI

This annual, two-day event is intended for institutions who are creating or are in the process of growing new undergraduate engineering programs and are interested in networking with other faculty and administrators, integrating entrepreneurial-minded learning into the curriculum, and developing expertise in culture building, faculty development and collaboration.

Program and registration details will be available in early 2025.

The 2025 EMERGE (Entrepreneurially Minded Engineering Resource Group for Educators) Annual Meeting is hosted and facilitated by Carthage College along with faculty from Olin College of Engineering and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. EMERGE is supported by the Kern Family Foundation. For questions or to join EMERGE, please contact EMERGE@unc.edu.

Registration

Please check back in early 2025 for details on registration and travel grants.

Travel and Hotel

Air: General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee is 35 miles to Kenosha. O’Hare International Airport in Chicago is 55 miles to Kenosha.

Local transportation: Bus transportation from O’Hare International Airport to Kenosha, “Brat Stop”, is available via Wisconsin Coach USA.

Additional transportation options include a personal rental car, taxis, and ride share. A shuttle will take you to/from the hotel each day to Carthage College where meeting activities will be held. Dinners will be in downtown Kenosha and near the hotel.

Hotel: The Stella Hotel & Ballroom, Kenosha, WI. Rooms will be reserved by the host for confirmed EMERGE Annual Meeting attendees. Please do not make your own hotel reservation.

Workshop location: Activities will take place on the campus of Carthage College.

2024 Agenda hosted by Marian University