{"id":1623,"date":"2020-03-06T15:37:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:37:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:37:58","slug":"2020-differencemaker-high-school-idea-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2020\/03\/06\/2020-differencemaker-high-school-idea-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 DifferenceMaker High School Idea Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On March 5, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/Innovation-Entrepreneurship\/DifferenceMaker\/\">Rist DifferenceMaker Institute<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/Innovation-Hub\/\">UMass Lowell Innovation Hub<\/a> held their first 2020 DifferenceMaker High School Idea Challenge! Students from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WestfordAcademyDECA\/?__tn__=K-R-R&amp;eid=ARC8bnSpCYrgFfs57caymzzPMG2sszfUTgP6UWvVHr_dTdOoOvQSVu5yDzfHcYTehp7wI__Zchom7CKP&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAIVj9AJzD7GDGVfBX40mtaNS-o_FGT19lIF8hqA1f0DPGiv_U61C7KwekH7pYpkjZJCmGWdstao94mKcauIMF-bn5BvMgcFVbj4m-dEqjfOeBXWNg_DKGBUVpn4CBRdrjtn8dq9-daEYfMJy4ugAJ2WzKhjDcfPTjStd4RmsnG_Doh4CX691GXLJ5bugklgdb2ncq4ZhlXtA8v5Y8eWliDp9_tHl1zP2mlLL8lvO0QsBTIuUfH5l9PCMbAbJSlRzTKJH7uj2YpNqN-1yrmPoyjjG5EONYvZ8pvXluQ8Z2IbpigpbdpTpjoeCmWjKlx678Q\">Westford Academy DECA<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nrhs.nrsd.net\/\">Nashoba Regional High School<\/a>\u00a0came to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/Innovation-Hub\/\">UMass Lowell Innovation Hub<\/a>\u00a0to pitch their ideas that solve problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event started at 9am with a welcome and introductions from Tom O&#8217; Donnell, Senior Director of Innovation Initiatives, and Holly Butler, Entrepreneurial Initiatives Project Director of DifferenceMaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/holly-intro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/holly-intro.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/holly-intro-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/holly-intro-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/holly-intro-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Holly Butler,  <br>Entrepreneurial Initiatives Project Director, giving a welcome to the students and introduction about the DifferenceMaker program at UMass Lowell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after, 10 student teams pitched their projects. They pitched the problems, opportunities, and solutions that their project could solve. Each team was given time for a three-minute pitch, along with a Q&amp;A session by the guest judges and the members in the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our guest judges for the High School Idea Challenge were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Tyler Cote, Co-Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.operation250.org\/\">Operation 250<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Katherine Muise, Co-Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambulatoryinnovations.com\/\">Ambulatory Innovations<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Ray Hamilton, Co-Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invisawear.com\/\">invisaWear<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/tom-n-judges.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/tom-n-judges.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/tom-n-judges-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/tom-n-judges-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/tom-n-judges-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Judges from left to right: Ray Hamilton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invisawear.com\/\">invisaWear<\/a>; Katherine Muise, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambulatoryinnovations.com\/\">Ambulatory Innovations<\/a>; Tyler Cote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.operation250.org\/\">Operation 250<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the team pitches, the judges stepped out to deliberate the winners of the Idea Challenge. While they deliberated, students were given the opportunity to network with students from the other school and learn more about what the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub offers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/dropoff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/dropoff.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/dropoff-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/dropoff-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/dropoff-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Team DropOff: Elsie Yang and Celia Nicholson, pitching their idea of having an app that allows parents to coordinate carpool groups for their children.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to all teams that won! Each team received a UMass Lowell Riverhawk Shop gift card:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>1st place: $100 &#8211; The QuikLock: Adam Batchelder, Justin Carlyle, and Zach Lawrence<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>2nd place: $75 &#8211; Drop Off: Elsie Yang and Celia Nicholson<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>3rd place: $50 &#8211; SafeGuard: Amy Doran and Allie Carrara<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>4th place: $25 &#8211; Instatutor: Nick Cerioni and Will McPhail<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> Thank you to the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub, Westford Academy, and Nashoba Regional High School for collaborating with DifferenceMaker for this event! We hope that the high school students learned more about entrepreneurship and hopefully join us with DifferenceMaker in the future! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 5, the Rist DifferenceMaker Institute and the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub held their first 2020 DifferenceMaker High School Idea Challenge! Students from Westford Academy DECA\u00a0and\u00a0Nashoba Regional High School\u00a0came to\u00a0UMass Lowell Innovation Hub\u00a0to pitch their ideas that solve problems. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2020\/03\/06\/2020-differencemaker-high-school-idea-challenge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1630,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions\/1630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}