What is The Garage?
We fuel transformation. We are the heart of innovation, imagination, and collaboration at Northwestern. We openly welcome all ideas: for profit, nonprofit, arts-based, social impact, or anything else students wish to see come to life.
We bring together a cross-disciplinary community of students, faculty, staff and alumni who all share a passion for building new ideas. The 11,000 square foot space, carved out of the North Campus parking structure, has been home to more than 500 student-founded startups and projects. At the core, The Garage is startup central at Northwestern. We are a community, space, and network of resources for every Northwestern student to learn, iterate, and grow.
Our Manifesto
WE EMPOWER ENTREPRENEURS WITH WISDOM AND PROGRAMMING TO BUILD SKILLS AROUND CO-CREATION, LEADERSHIP, AND NETWORKING TO MOTIVATE THEM TO BUILD A FUTURE ALL THEIR OWN.
We live by the following three pillars.
TRUST YOURSELF
We believe your inherent gifts, wisdom, and strength are already within you. We inspire real power to trust yourself.
DO THE WORK
We nourish the foundational elements of leadership. We invigorate the core of one's potential to lead with integrity and nurture the ability to be accountable and responsible to ourselves and others.
FORGE YOUR OWN PATH
Live your purpose. Step into your truth. This is your time to champion the wins and failures that shape you for the better. We believe that leadership crafted with intention, compassion, playfulness, and a drive to improve our world is the new frontier.
