The University of Dayton un-

dergraduate entrepreneurship

program is now No. 4 in the nation,

according to the Princeton Review

and Entrepreneur Magazine.

This is not the first year the UD

entrepreneurship program was

ranked. Last year, it was fifth place.

Senior Theresa Fortier, finance

and entrepreneurship major, said

the program was not ranked when

she first came to UD, but it was a

competitive program before its

ranking.

"I remember forwarding arti-

cles to family and friends," Fortier

said.

Standing behind only Drexel

University, Babson College and

University of Houston, the Entre-

preneur Magazine Web site said

with UD's program, "Students

can't simply 'declare' their major

in entrepreneurship. Instead, they

have to show they're worthy of ad-

mission to the major by describing

their behaviors, backgrounds and

interests as they relate to entre-

preneurship."

The program, which students

cannot apply for until the second

semester of their freshman year,

engages students using Flyer En-

terprises, giving them $5,000 to

start their own business.

"Flyer Enterprises is as good

as it gets," Addison Hoover, senior

finance and entrepreneurship ma-

jor, said.

Hoover's FE project was "UD

Street Signs," decorative street

signs displaying street names from

around campus. His product made

about $1,000 profit in two semes-

ters, they sold it to alumni and cur-

rent UD students.

Hoover said what he likes about

the entrepreneurship program

is that it allows students to "get

their hands dirty" with what they

are going to be working with after

graduation, as opposed to "basing

knowledge off of theories," dis-

cussed in a classroom.

When it comes to professors,

Hoover said they all are very

knowledgeable and experienced.

As an example, he mentioned pro-

fessor Robert Franks, who has a

fulltime job in the field, and said

he "brings a lot to the table that's

really current."

Fortier says that the thing she

likes the most about the program

is that everyone in it is in the same

classes together, which builds even

more on the already strong sense

of community at UD.