Augusta University students pitch innovations in competition

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Augusta College broadcasts its 2023 pupil innovation competitors, Options For Nonprofits to be held on the finish of March.

A pupil workforce member from Innovate 2022 tells AU, “It was the most effective two hours of my educational time spent in lots of months. It was an excellent alternative to attach with college students, college, and enterprise leaders in the neighborhood on the significance of creativity and innovation to handle group points.”

From Nov. to March AU supplies workshops and occasions main as much as a pitch competitors the place every workforce could have 5 minutes to current an concept on easy methods to remedy an issue for non-profits. Analysis of the submitted entries will likely be accomplished by the shut of a presentation occasion.

The annual competitors goals to have interaction via discovery and innovation for the advantage of the tutorial expertise.

“The vast majority of survey respondents noticed a rise in calls for for service all through the pandemic. From distributing meals to newly jobless individuals to administering COVID-19 exams, offering childcare providers, and filling in gaps in public well being. Individuals have relied on nonprofit providers all through the pandemic to fulfill their bodily and psychological well being wants.”-501c .com abstract from the NFF abstract report

The fourth annual competitors will likely be held on March 30, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Coaching Heart, Plug-N-Play room. The occasion will likely be open to the general public.

What are the principles?

• Open to all at the moment enrolled Augusta College college students (i.e. undergraduate, graduate, {and professional}).
• College students are inspired to succeed in out to college students in several colleges inside the college to type interdisciplinary groups (i.e.: drugs, enterprise, medical illustration, artwork, and so forth.).
• Scholar groups should have an Augusta College advising college or skilled employees mentor.
• Advisors is usually a mentor for a number of pupil groups.
• College students are allowed to current prototypes and mockups or pamphlets to judges. Prototyping just isn’t vital however could also be useful as a visible assist for the judging panel.
• Any pupil who violates the Augusta College Code of Conduct through the competitors will likely be supplied due course of and leading to workforce elimination from the competitors.

What is going to the groups be scored on?

Judges could have a rubric based mostly on the ideas of Georgia Heilmeier:

• What are you attempting to do?
• How is it executed at present/what are the bounds of present apply?
• New in your method and causes it might achieve success?
• If you’re profitable, what distinction will it make?
• What are the related dangers?
• Price?
• How lengthy will this take?
• What are the implementations to test for fulfillment?

The primary-place winner will obtain $5,000, the second place will win $3,500, and the third place will win $2,500. Award funds are to be distributed via scholarship funds in pupil monetary assist accounts.

AU held the competitors kickoff occasion on Wednesday, the place Kelsey Shull, human-centered design lead for Veterans Well being Administration Innovators, was the visitor speaker.

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