​Our Story

We paid attention to the lack of applied entrepreneurial learning opportunities in rural Nebraska and on campus. With the help of the American Marketing Association to market the coffee shop, the UNK Enactus team was able to hold the grand opening with the Chancellor of UNK, the Dean of the College of Business and Technology, and other faculty and staff on November 28, 2012. Last year we added marketing support from Divergent Marketing, the UNK Library, and Student Life. Being the first student-operated business on campus., we are leading the way for student-entrepreneurial engagement at UNK and providing opportunity for experimental learning.  As members of the UNK Enactus Team and students majoring in business, we are receiving first-hand experience on how to own and operate a business. Ordering inventory, increasing revenue, managing employees, mastering break-even analysis, gaining a competitive edge over competition through marketing, and understanding the importance of policies and procedures are all aspects of business we are learning from the Brewed Awakening coffee shop. 

“Boldly Brewed and Always Awakening” is the slogan for our coffee shop.