UCLA Anderson’s Value Heart for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Named 2025 Nasdaq Heart of Entrepreneurial Excellence
Entrepreneurs / twenty ninth October 2025
The Harold and Pauline Value Heart for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at UCLA Anderson College of Administration has been acknowledged by the International Consortium of Entrepreneurship Facilities (GCEC) because the 2025 Nasdaq Heart of Entrepreneurial Excellence.
“This award was created by Nasdaq in affiliation with the GCEC for the aim of recognizing the distinctive achievements and excellent efforts of entrepreneurship facilities the world over,” mentioned Holly DeArmond, govt director of the GCEC. “UCLA Anderson joins a prestigious record of Nasdaq winners who set the best normal in our area. We’re honored to acknowledge the Value Heart with this well-deserved award.”
The consideration is bestowed upon entrepreneurship facilities which have made exceptional developments within the following areas: depth and breadth of program choices; contribution to the development of entrepreneurship schooling (curriculum improvement and analysis); assist of rising ventures; neighborhood and campus collaborations (and their impression); and recognition as a frontrunner within the entrepreneurship area.
“We’re honored to obtain this award, which acknowledges the super impression of our applications in educating and galvanizing the following technology of entrepreneurs,” mentioned Professor Olav Sorenson, college director of the Value Heart and the Joseph Jacob Chair of Entrepreneurial Research.
The award was introduced on October 4, 2025, throughout an awards ceremony on the 2025 GCEC Convention hosted by the College of Calgary. The GCEC Convention brings collectively international entrepreneurship middle leaders to advance and strengthen instructional and experiential alternatives for aspiring entrepreneurs. The convention was attended by 500 members representing greater than 200 universities throughout 20 nations.
In presenting the award, Jeff Reid, founding director of Georgetown Entrepreneurship, mentioned that “the Nasdaq award is the best honor {that a} college entrepreneurship middle can obtain, and its recipients characterize the very best in entrepreneurial schooling worldwide.”
Elaine Hagan (’91), affiliate dean of entrepreneurial initiatives at UCLA Anderson and govt director of the Value Heart, accepted the award on behalf of the Value Heart. “This award is the fruits of a long time of arduous work and dedication by our college, employees, college students and supporters, and is especially significant as a result of it has been awarded by GCEC and our friends. We’re extraordinarily grateful to everybody who made this award doable.”
About The Harold and Pauline Value Heart for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The Value Heart was based in 1987 with beneficiant assist from the Louis and Harold Value Basis. It oversees entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives at UCLA Anderson within the areas of curriculum, analysis, co-curricular actions and administration improvement applications and performs a key position in supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystems of UCLA and the better Los Angeles area.
