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real world learning
Winning ideas This December,
the College of Business held its annual U.S. Bank
Pitch Off event where 23 teams of hopeful entrepreneurs presented their product and service ideas to panels of judges from throughout the community. These teams had a chance to win a share of $10,000 in cash prizes sponsored by U.S. Bank. The event served as a practice for students applying for the Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge (IEC) in Boise where they
Photo (Left): U.S. Bank Vice President Tracy Hoart, Tony Torres and his son, Joanne Tokle, College of Business acting dean. Photo (right): Tracy Hoart, Hugo Rayo, Will Cannon, Kerry Casperson, Jared Barrott, Joanne Tokle.
will compete to win a portion of $100,000, if selected. This year, there were
students. The team consisted of Hugo Rayo, Will Cannon, Kerry Casperson
two runners-up who won $500 each, one second place winning team who
and Jared Barrott with product “H2 Therapeutics” which is a continuous
won $1,000 and two first place winning teams who won $2,000. One team
positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) machine that delivers more
also won a Best Support Material Award with a prize of $250. The team
enriched oxygen, making it easier for users to sleep. The other first-place
winning second place was “BedWedge” consisting of College of Business
winners were College of Business Master of Healthcare Administration
students, Michael Magee and Dylan Orr. Their product was a bike rack that
student, Tony Torres, and his wife Kelsi Torres, with their idea “Sharp Sense,”
fits into the bed of a truck to allow for more room. One of the first-place
which is a medically-centered, sensor device used to send out an alert
winning teams was a team of Pharmacy/Master of Business Administration
when hazardous waste containers, filled with needles, reach their capacity.
IDAHO’S PART IN WORLD WAR II
and writing captions to turn into a book published by Arcadia Publishing.
By: Sophia Perry, Management Student
“Idaho in World War II” is full of photos and stories about Idahoans and
The
Collaborative
their contributions to the war effort, even so far away from the front lines.
Creativity class taught by Alex Bolinger,
Student Kathryn Rose often noted how humbled she became throughout
Ph.D. have taken the idea of a ‘group
this class, as she learned what these people had to suffer through. As one
project’ to a whole new level. This class,
of the members of the class, I can say that I learned so much about what
comprised of just four students, spent
it means to truly be an American, in every sense of the word. Look for the
their semester gathering historic photos
book in print summer 2020.
students
in
the
Photo: (Left to right) Dalene Hunter, Kathryn Rose, Sophia Perry, Ashley French
