The Entrepreneurship and Transformative Leadership program is focused on the foundation of developing an entrepreneurial mindset and culture at USG. Through interactive programming, students, faculty, and staff will gain knowledge and skills to cultivate entrepreneurship and apply the entrepreneurial mindset to all work environments.
Bernard Series for Entrepreneurship
This entrepreneurship series is designed to inform and inspire participants in core concepts of what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how an entrepreneurial mindset can benefit anyone in the working world.
This series is made possible by the generous support of Cathy Bernard.
Inaugural Event: The Entrepreneurial Mindset
The launch of the Bernard Series for Entrepreneurship: The Entrepreneurial Mindset was on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. This event featured a fireside chat with Seth Goldman, social entrepreneur and co-founder of Honest Tea, Beyond Meat, and Just Ice Tea, and Dr. Anne Khademian, Executive Director at the Universities at Shady Grove. The conversation was followed by a panel discussion including Mike Hoffmeyer, Managing Director, Dingman-Lamone Center for Entrepreneurship (UMCP); Shaun Taylor, Founder, Black Viking Brewery; Karen Maschi, CEO, Vezza Innovations, USG Equity Incubator Winner; Seth Goldman; and moderated by Dr. Hank C. Boyd, Esq., Associate Dean, Marketing, Robert H. Smith School of Business (UMD).
Read more about the event here.