The Jill Ker Conway Innovation Center is an exciting next step for an initiative that began in 2001 with the launch of Smith’s successful Women and Financial Independence (WFI) program that broadly focused on two yet symbiotic spheres: financial education and entrepreneurship. The center hosts and facilitates a slate of programs and activities to create a learning environment that supports creative thinking, problem solving, business skill development and interdisciplinary teamwork. It serves as an intellectual hub where students receive the tools to think expansively, collaborate and dream up the next big venture that changes the way we live, work or do business.