Meet the Pitch Competition Award Recipients

The award recipients were announced after the competition last Friday.

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The awards for the 2023 Andrews University Pitch Competition were determined during the finals event at the Howard Performing Arts Center on March 31. The award recipients are shown below.

Innovation Week Video Contest

Medical Laboratory Science Club

Social Innovation Award

Ezekiel-Wheels—Curtis Johnson (Mechanical Engineering)

Refill to Reduce—Gloria Oh (Biology), Ariana Coast (Biology), Sarah Wolf (Biology)

Pitch Competition Awards

1st Place:
Youth Discipleship Mission—Josalynn Clark (MA/Discipleship in Lifespan Educ)

2nd Place:
My Bible Comics—Stanislav Kondrat (DO-PHD/Religion/New Testament)

3rd Place:
Ezekiel-Wheels—Curtis Johnson (Mechanical Engineering)

4th Place:
Refill to Reduce—Gloria Oh (Biology), Ariana Coast (Biology), Sarah Wolf (Biology)

5th Place:
The Lehahkeen Project—Ha Eun Park (Medical Laboratory Science)

6th Place:
MoyoMed LLC—Joseph N. Muhune (MA-MBA/General/Accounting and Finance), Blaise M. Muhune (Computer Science)

7th Place & 8th Place:
Ready Shield—Staton Westerman (Mechanical Engineering)

Badventism—Nicklas Risager (FP-MDIV/Divinity)

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The information about each award is shown below:

Innovation Week Video Contest

• $1,000 for best video promoting Innovation Week by a student club
• Award comes from Andrews Innovation
   

Social Innovation Award

• Two $5,000 seed matching grants for social innovation projects in Berrien County
• Grants through the School of Leadership, MA Leadership in Social Innovation
• The grants will be allocated to projects in Berrien County communities that meet one of the category requirements below:
  • Social Entrepreneurship—to explore business opportunities that positively impact the communities in Berrien County.
  • Social Advocacy—seeks to ensure that all people in the communities can have their voices heard. 
  • Social Services—individual and community development and transformative changes in physical, mental and social needs.
• The grant must be enhanced by matching funds and gifts-in-kind from other sources.
   

Pitch Competition Awards (cash and in-kind)

• 1st Place:

  • $9,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. from 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • 12-month access to PatentHacks platform
     

• 2nd Place:

  • $7,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. to 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • 6-month access to PatentHacks platform
     

• 3rd Place:

  • $5,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. to 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • 3-month access to PatentHacks platform
     

• 4th Place:

  • $4,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. to 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor
     

• 5th Place:

  • $3,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
  • Co-Working Access for 1 yr. to 52 Wall St in Benton Harbor
     

• 6th Place:

  • $2,000 in cash from Andrews Innovation
  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor
     

• 7th Place & 8th Place:

  • Business & Mail Service for 1 yr. from 38 Wall St in Benton Harbor

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We would like to thank our sponsors for their support:

Gold Sponsors

• 38 Wall St

Silver Sponsors

• 52 Wall St
• 7th Day Productions
• PatentHacks

Social Innovation Award Sponsor

• MA Leadership in Social Innovation