DePaul Student Innovation Awards Celebrates Fresh Business Ideas
DePaul students were celebrated for their achievements in innovation at the fifth annual Student Innovation Awards on Feb. 12, at TechNexus, one of Chicago’s premier collaborative working spaces and innovation hubs. $7,500 in scholarship money was awarded to students whose innovative ideas have aided in inventing or improving a new product, service, process or technology.
“We created the Student Innovation Awards because students were generating so many amazing ideas,” Lisa Gundry, director of the Center of Creativity and Innovation, said in a press release on the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business website. “We wanted to encourage students by supporting them through scholarships. The act of articulating an idea to develop and implement takes a lot of creativity and persistence—and it’s important to recognize their efforts in support of innovation.” Continue reading…
