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Thank You from CBE Executive Education
Posted Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0700
The College of Business and Economics Executive Education Team would like to send a heartfelt thanks to all of its partners across campus whose commitment and attention to detail ensured the success of the college’s 65th annual Utility Executive Course. Read more
Vandals Win $100K in Spring Entrepreneurship Competitions
Posted Thu, 10 May 2018 09:03:00 -0700
The IRIC atrium filled with excited chatter as students pitched their business ideas to as many judges as possible on Friday, April 27, at the biannual Idaho Pitch competition. After 65 minutes, the tallied business cards given for successful pitches revealed the winners of startup funding: Read more
The Forever Shower Team Wins Entrepreneurial Competition in Massachusetts
Posted Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:56:00 -0700
Earlier this month, Maria Horta Vorse and her small team U of I-based team placed second in a major entrepreneurial competition held at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The group was awarded $15,000 for The Forever Shower, which generates clean, filtered water for showers in any environment, especially those where water is in short supply and where access to clean water is limited. Read more
Learn After Effects and Win Adobe Software
Posted Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:52:00 -0700
The Business Professionals of America club is putting on a workshop in Adobe After Effects at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, in ED 241. Come learn the basics of special effects and animation using this program. There will be a drawing for attendees for one free year of Creative Cloud software and two Starbucks gift cards. Question? Email marzeverett@gmail.com. Don't forget to get your free trial of all Adobe apps. Read more
University of Idaho Students’ Green Shower Prototype Hopes to Solve Global Water Waste and Energy Issues
Posted Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:03:00 -0700
One day shortly after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Maria Horta Vorse stepped out of the shower and started to feel uneasy. Her blood pressure rose, she blacked out and she nearly died, she said, because the heat dehydrated her. “It was terrifying,” she said, and after that she “had to settle for short, kind-of-cold showers.” But it sparked an idea. Together with her husband Chad Vorse, the two created a bathing system that allowed her to shower safely while preserving energy and recycling waste water. And they realized it could solve bigger, global issues with unclean water. So they invented just that: the Forever Shower. And on Tuesday, their team of four – all University of Idaho students – presented a prototype to a group of judges in the Northwest Entrepreneur Competition at Whitworth University. The Forever Shower group competed against seven other teams in a technology category – a branch of other categories of competitions.
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Register for Idaho Pitch and Business Plan Competition
Posted Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:32:00 -0700
Every billion dollar business starts with an idea — why not yours? Come pitch your idea to successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, university professors, and community leaders. Sign up for your chance to hone your presentation skills, learn how to work a reception and win seed money to start your enterprise! Register at idahopitch.eventbrite.com. Read more
Join ORED for Another Round of SAS Talks May 2
Posted Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:14:00 -0700
Faculty, staff and students are welcome to join the Office of Research and Economic Development for the second engagement of SAS (Short and Sweet) Talks from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in the IRIC step Auditorium, as well as via livestream statewide. The event will be streamed to U of I Boise Room 162, Coeur d'Alene Room 240B and Idaho Falls, TAB 350. Food, as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, will be available on the Moscow campus. Read more
Learn to Create Interactive Resumes in Adobe Spark
Posted Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:03:00 -0700
Come join the Business Professionals of America Club at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 13 in ED 241 for a workshop in building interactive resumes in Adobe Spark! All attendees will be entered in a drawing for one of two Starbucks gift card. You can try all Adobe apps for free. Questions? Email marzeverett@gmail.com. Read more
Vandals Win Again at Idaho Entrepreneurs Challenge in Boise
Posted Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:48:00 -0700
Congratulations to our Idaho Entrepreneurs for competing well at the Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge again this March in Boise. Four of the 24 final teams were from U of I, including Blue Collar Virtual Reality, which won a special prize at last spring's Idaho Pitch competition. Read more
Student Projects Dominate Annual Innovation Month at U of I
Posted Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:56:00 -0700
University of Idaho junior Kenny Sheffler filled a water bottle with excrement from his brother’s dog last summer and left the contraption in the sun. Within a day, the bottle had inflated and the waste had decomposed — turning into biogas and fertilizer. Read more