FCE+I Student Success
Low-risk opportunities paired with business education to help students from any academic program showcase products, build skills, and grow their ventures
FCE+I’s student programs and events provide low-risk opportunities paired with business education to help students from any academic program showcase products, build skills, and grow their ventures.
Events are designed with intention, balancing student interests with skill development that is required the in post-graduate world.
And through orientations, vendor education, and curated display opportunities, students learn to merchandise effectively, connect with customers, and take meaningful steps toward business growth.
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More than a Student Body
We are a student community. With different goals and divergent paths, FCE+I focuses on the similarities that bind us together: drive, passion, and the need to succeed. Students provide the dream, we provide the pathway.
Creators' Marketplace
Creators' Marketplace is a student vendor experience designed to empower creators, makers, and business owners with the tools to successfully showcase and sell their products. This initiative provides students with essential educational resources, including guidance on setting up a seller’s table, pricing strategies, and budgeting techniques.
By blending hands-on experience with foundational business knowledge, Creators' Marketplace fosters an environment where student entrepreneurs gain confidence, connect with customers, and take meaningful steps toward growing their ventures.
A student vendor proudly stands beside her Creators' Corner setup
Creators' Corner
Creators’ Corner is a week-long micro-retail pop-up designed to spotlight student-owned businesses and creative ventures. Located in the alcove of our Center, this curated shopping experience gives students the opportunity to open up shop in a low-risk, real-world retail setting. Many participants are alumni of Creators’ Marketplace, using Creators’ Corner as the next step in testing, refining, and showcasing their products.
Students receive an orientation, a vendor education packet, and ready-to-use signage templates, so they can focus on storytelling, merchandising, and connecting with customers. Each business is featured in a glass, lockable display cabinet, allowing products to remain safely on view even when the creator isn’t present, while encouraging shoppers to engage with their online platforms and continue supporting their business beyond the pop-up.
Students attend an FCE+I event
FCE+I Student Events
With topics ranging from "Resume Writing for Entrepreneurs" to "Discovering Your Star Power", FCE+I's Student Events provide a warm welcome for students to come exactly as they are. Low-lift and high-value, each event is designed to spark ideas, build confidence, and connect students with a community that gets it.
Ignite Foundations
The beloved Ignite Entrepreneurs program is back and freshly re-designed with students in mind. Open to idea- to early-stage businesses, it's the perfect program to move your side hustle from "weekend work" to mainstream income.
Come as you are.
With so many ways to get involved with FCE+I, every body has a place.
