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“Pitch”-ing the Future By Meghan Gaucher ‘14 Health and Sports Editor
Entrepreneurs attribute to a On Dec. 2nd, students, in chose the top ten semi-finalists, ten minute speech. broad range of ideas and values groups of up to five people, were who were then paired with a After this careful evaluation that transform communities. asked to develop an influential idea “mentor” to help them revise process, the finalists will have Entrepreneurs impact in a that would enhance something their proposals and progress on the opportunity to bring their broad number of ways including “already out there”. 58 students their own ideas. Mentors included ideas to life through their pitch, socially, culturally, financially applied submitting a total of 29 alumni and faculty from HWS who evaluated by HWS alumni, the and intellectually. Photo Courtesy of HWS Daily Update highly-experienced Sparked by the ideas judges who come and values behind from various forthe theme of “Power profit and non-profit of an Idea”, the entrepreunural Pitch is a contest organizations. involving HWS Amongst these students’ creating, judges is Hollis applying and turning Budd, the executive their innovative director of Max entrepreunural ideas and Marian into a platform for Farash Charitable action in competition Foundation, one to win a 10 thousand of the biggest dollar grant. Through foundation in upa rigorous application state New York and process and a series Wendy Puriefoy, of rounds in which president of students’ ideas are Public Education evaluated by a panel Network (PEN), the of judges, three HWS largest network of students have made community-based it to the final round. public school reform On Wednesday, in the nation. Feb. 29th in the The Pitch Vandervort Room was targeted at at 7 p.m. the Pitch Marcela Melara ‘12, Samuel Singer ‘13 and Sara Wroblewski ‘13 competed this past strong, committed event will be held to Wednesday in CCL’s the Pitch to walk away with 10 thousand dollars. HWS students the public including whose larger ideas faculty members and students.The applications. Then, HWS faculty were paired with a student based add value to the community three students selected to present and staff members, including on their related field. The hands- and represent the values of the their ideas at the Pitch event to a Susan Pliner, Director of the on experience along with the Centennial Center for Leadership panel of judges, alumni, faculty Centennial Center for Leadership career advice and expertise from and HWS Colleges. “The beauty members and the rest of the HWS and Tom Drennen, Professor of the various mentors allowed each of the contest is students from community are Sara Wroblewski Economics and Environmental students’ hard work to expand, all different academic and career ‘13, Marcela Malara ‘12 and Samuel studies, judged and evaluated the making connections while crafting PITCH continued on page 5 Singer ’13. three to four page applications and a “pitch” of their idea in a nine to
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