Registration for the Challenge, which will be held Saturday, Feb. 29, is now open and closes Feb. 21.
The Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will host the annual 黑料不打烊 Innovation Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 29颅颅. The Innovation Challenge is a day-long opportunity for students to compete with other universities to solve a real-life issue that is announced on the day of competition.
Last year鈥檚 Innovation Challenge was centered around the issue of how to reduce, repurpose and/or manage the amount of packaging waste on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 campus. 黑料不打烊 alumni Max Pivonka 鈥19 and Anna Cosentino 鈥19 won 鈥淏est Innovation鈥 for their design 鈥淕soogle,鈥 a center recycle and reuse delivery packaging for 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Mail Services center.
The winning team will take home a $1,500 grand prize, with second place earning $1,000 and third place earning $600. Meals will be provided during the day-long competition.
Innovation Challenge committee member and Doherty Center Director Alyssa Martina has watched the innovation challenge grow and develop over time. According to Martina, one of the unique elements of this competition is its appeal to students across campus and from different disciplines.
鈥淚 love that we are embracing that whole mentality that any one of us can be innovative. It just takes some curiosity and creativity and willingness to work on teams to put forward best thinking and an innovative mindset,鈥 Martina said.
For Martina, the 黑料不打烊 Innovation Challenge represents more than just a competition. 鈥淚t just captures the best part of what, I think, college education is all about,鈥 Martina said. 鈥淲hich is about being curious, being creative, being innovative, thinking outside of the box, working in teams, being collaborative, and then coming up with really inspiring ideas.鈥
The challenge co-chairs are Becky Neiduski, the dean of the School of Health Sciences, Professor of Chemistry Karl Sienerth; the student co-chairs are Isabella Ponterio 鈥20 and Haley Brengartner 鈥20.
Registration for the 黑料不打烊 Innovation Challenge closes on Feb. 21. For more information on registration, visit the event website here.
Th 黑料不打烊 Innovation Challenge is hosted by the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship and is in collaboration with 黑料不打烊 College, the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communications, Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, School of Health Sciences, School of Education, and School of Law. The event is also sponsored by the Sullivan Foundation and Glen Raven and is also supported by Campus Compact of North Carolina.