THE BRADBURY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The Bradbury Endowed Scholarship for Student Entrepreneurship is made to honor the memory of Greg Bradbury and his commitment to Michigan State University (MSU) and its education mission. The endowment is established through a gift of his friends and colleagues on the Board of Directors of Drawbridge, Inc., a company Greg was instrumental in helping to found along with Dr. Jeff Grabill and Dr. Bill Hart-Davison. Grabill, Hart-Davidson, and their colleague Mike McLeod have invested and disclosed technologies that would become a software service called Eli Review. Eli Review, in turn, became the basis of a successful business venture — Drawbridge, Inc. — shepherded by Bradbury, who served as its CEO for over ten years throughout its startup and growth periods. Today Eli is used worldwide by tens of thousands of students and teachers every day.
Greg was an enthusiastic supporter of entrepreneurial education and even encouraged two professors from the College of Arts & Letters to take their fledgling ideas for educational technology to market. Greg saw in Eli Review the chance for the transformative power of learning that he recognized as a hallmark of MSU to be shared with people worldwide. We will be forever grateful for his guidance, vision, tireless enthusiasm, and belief in the power of education to make a better world.
With this scholarship, the Board of Directors at Drawbridge, Inc. wishes to support ambitious and exemplary students from various academic colleges and areas of study across the institution engaged in entrepreneurship education at MSU. Specifically, this scholarship should help students in the early stages of creating a venture, including student founders in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
ELIGIBILITY
- In good academic standing at Michigan State University.
- A current member of the Venture Creation Program or who has indicated a commitment to become a member of the Venture Creation Program at the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
- Have a demonstrated commitment to entrepreneurship, leadership potential, and/or capacity to contribute to their chosen professional area, community, or both through past or current experiences including, but not limited to, volunteer involvement, internships, employment, coursework, participation in student groups/organizations and/or research experience as well as a personal statement.
- Preference: Pursuing a Minor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
- Preference: Applicants with demonstrated financial need.
