Innoventure
Innoventure is Arrowhead Center’s K–12 entrepreneurship education program, inspiring students across New Mexico and the Borderplex to think creatively, solve problems, and explore possibilities through hands-on lessons, camps, and competitions.
Eligibility
Open to students from kindergarten through high school, with programs tailored for elementary, middle, and high school participants.
Sandi Ringwood
Program Manager
ringwood@nmsu.edu
K-12 Entrepreneurship
Innoventure – It’s Foundational
Innoventure, Arrowhead Center’s K-12 entrepreneurship education program, sparks real-world creativity in communities across New Mexico and the Borderplex by helping students think like future entrepreneurs - with curiosity, collaboration, and a sense of possibility.
Through hands-on lessons, camps, and competitions - delivered in classrooms and online - we help students from kindergarten through high school build persistence, creativity, and the confidence to try, fail, and try again.
We’re not here to churn out the next big startup. We’re here to plant the seed: that our students in our communities can solve problems they see around them. That they can be the next-generation thinkers, builders, doers, and changemakers - starting now, right where they are.
Career readiness will come. First, we build the mindset - and yes, we make the journey fun, surprising, and worth remembering.
For further information, please contact Sandi Ringwood at ringwood@nmsu.edu
Innoventure Challenge Testimonial
On December 18, 2024, Anton Chico Schools and teacher Kate Sanchez were honored for their continued participation in the Innoventure Challenge program. This video presentation showcases their years of involvement. Listen as Ms. Sanchez shares her experience with the Innoventure Challenge program.
Elementary Students
Innoventure Jr. is designed to introduce young children to the concepts of the exchange of money for products and services and to get them to recognize they each have skills and abilities that provide value to others.
Middle School Students
The Innoventure Middle School Challenge is a new competitive event open to middle school students to think like an entrepreneur and design and create a simple prototype of an innovative product.
High School Students
The Innoventure High School Challenge is a new competitive event open to high school students to think like an entrepreneur and design and create a simple prototype of an innovative product.
Camp Innoventure
Camp Innoventure offers middle school entrepreneurial-minded students a week-long experience in innovative thinking and business development.
