Professor

Outline for Introduction to Entrepreneurship course, 1990-1995

Sherrill learned that entrepreneurship could not be learned in a single course and began crafting a curriculum for an entrepreneurship program.

After years of experience with leadership, fiscal policy, and business, Sherrill took a position as a professor at the Bauer College of Business in fall 1990 to teach entrepreneurship. He soon found that entrepreneurship could not be taught in one course and sought to develop a program to teach leadership and entrepreneurship.

Sherrill succeeded in founding the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in 1991, and by 1995, a major in entrepreneurship was established under the Bachelor of Business Administration. In 2008 the center changed its name to the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship after a donation by long-time Bauer supporters Melvyn and Cyvia Wolff. This program has landed at the top of The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur rankings numerous years since its founding. Sherrill taught at the center for over a decade, and is now Chairman Emeritus.

Award from Graduating Class of 1997

The class of 1997 was the third graduating class of the center.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year Award, 1994

Sherrill received this reward in part due to his tireless efforts at founding the program that later became the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship.

Handwritten thank you from Wolff Center student, approximately 2016

The appreciation of Wolff Center students reflects Sherrill's love for teaching.