{"id":928,"date":"2016-12-13T00:26:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T00:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=928"},"modified":"2016-12-13T04:23:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T04:23:07","slug":"fahss-creative-venture-competition-december-8-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2016\/12\/13\/fahss-creative-venture-competition-december-8-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"FAHSS Creative Venture Competition | December 8, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, December 8, 2016, the College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at UMass Lowell hosted the annual Creative Venture Competition.<\/p>\n

Five student teams were selected from a pool of applicants to pitch their idea in front of community and alumni judges at this year’s competition. On the panel of judges were Danielle McFadden, Glenn Morgan, and Stacie Hargis.<\/p>\n

The five student teams chosen to pitch at this year’s competition were Cyborg, LoreBooks, Royal Bear Wear, SEAable, and Share the Sound. After pitching, the judges deliberated and provided feedback to each team prior to announcing the winner.<\/p>\n

Team LoreBooks won\u00a0first place, a $5,000 prize!<\/p>\n

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LoreBooks: Alan Foster, Hannah St. George, Sean Berubee, Nathaniel Cowing, and Nicole Nachef<\/p><\/div>\n

Each of the other teams, Cyborg, Royal Bear Wear, SEAable, and Share the Sound were awarded $250 each.<\/p>\n

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Cyborg: Jishnu Menon Asokakumar, Ram Das, Adam Ferguson, ChandraSekhar Kolli, and Dhiren Rathod<\/p><\/div>\n

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Royal Bear Wear: John Travis and Matthew Houston<\/p><\/div>\n

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SEAable: Chrisna Khuon and Selena Tran<\/p><\/div>\n

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Share the Sound: Chanelle Cruz, Tyler McMillan, Martha Robertson, Denise Brito, and Andrew Schuster<\/p><\/div>\n

Congratulations to all participants!<\/p>\n

We encourage any interested students to apply<\/a> to the 2017 $50,000 DifferenceMaker Idea Challenge! Applications are now open and close on February 13.<\/p>\n

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