WASHBURN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HOSTS COMMUNITY INNOVATION CHALLENGE

Washburn

University, with support from the Topeka Community Foundation, recently held its first-ever Community Innovation Challenge, a new competition that allows students to showcase their ideas for new business ventures that focus on solving social issues facing our community, region or world. Participants competed for a total of $25,000 in cash prizes, with finalists receiving between $2,000 and $10,000 and semi-finalists taking home $1,000 each. This year's finalists were (first place) Peyton Price for Kansas Community Consulting; (second place) Nico DeGreeff for Ease; (third place) Andrew Foreman for the Topeka Greenhouse Project; and (fourth place) Chase Ast, Carter Bussone and Tyler Ladson for Cause Connect.