Lisa Rabaut, Innovation and Strategic Growth Project Manager, reimagined this event and implemented a pre-screening review, aligned ideas against the strategic plan, master plan, and college initiatives, and developed a robust 2-hour pitch event on Thursday, April 23 during Northern Michigan Startup Week.<\/p>\n
Judges included Lisa Rabaut, Camille Hoisington (Traverse Connect), Josh Hart (Ford Insurance, original OOPs founder), Jayne Mohr (NMC Foundation) and Kyle Morrison. The format was 5 minute pitch\/5 minute Q&A.<\/p>\n
A total of 19 submissions were received from students, faculty and staff. Of those 19, the top 6 were selected to move on to the pitch competition. All 6 received some funding, described in more detail below.<\/p>\n
Prescribing the Arts: A Creative Pathway Supporting Student Success<\/strong> Instructional Virtual Reality (VR) Systems for Biomedical Engineering Tech Training<\/strong> All Hands on Tech: Great Lakes Water Studies Voyage on Inland Seas Schooner Alliance<\/strong> NMC Flight Team<\/strong> Hawk Owl Uncrewed Competition Team<\/strong> Reaching Adult Learners with CollegeAPP and data-informed decision-making<\/strong> In total, OOPs for Education and the NMC Foundation provided $41,082, leaving approximately $9K for other activities prior to the end of the fiscal year. Lisa really raised the bar and set the tone for leveraging these funds to support college initiatives moving forward. She did a great job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lisa Rabaut, Innovation and Strategic Growth Project Manager, reimagined this event and implemented a pre-screening review, aligned ideas against the strategic plan, master plan, and college initiatives, and developed a robust 2-hour pitch event on Thursday, April 23 during Northern Michigan Startup Week. Judges included Lisa Rabaut, Camille Hoisington (Traverse Connect), Josh Hart (Ford Insurance, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intercom","category-student-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nApplicant: Liz Celeste, Dennos Museum Curator of Education and Exhibitions
\nAmount Requested: $3,600
\nAmount Awarded: $2,600 (the judges would like this project to receive input from students before implementation)
\nAlignment: campus vibrancy, student belonging, experiential learning, Dennos enhancements<\/p>\n
\nApplicant: Joe Deater, Adjunct Engineering Tech Faculty Member
\nAmount Requested: $6,000
\nAmount Awarded: $6,000 (enough for 2 VR goggles and a 3-year subscription)
\nAlignment: future-focused education with a focus on technology, meeting regional employer needs (improved student outcomes), engineering tech PESR opportunity<\/p>\n
\nPresenter: Matt Hirsch, Great Lakes Water Studies Institute Coordinator
\nAmount Requested: $4,000
\nAmount Awarded: $4,000
\nAlignment: GLWSI enhancement\/improvements (PESR, Strategic Plan), opportunity for credentialing (Marine Center), meeting national employer needs (skills expected by employers [sea time]), community partnership with Inland Seas Education Association<\/p>\n
\nPresenter: Alex Modryznski, Aviation student
\nAmount Requested: $3,976
\nAmount Awarded: $8,000 (this project was awarded more than requested because the students provided a very lean budget in terms of fuel, food, and lodging costs; the judges felt a more robust budget would help cover all costs and potentially allow more students to participate)
\nAlignment: national program recognition, potential recruitment opportunity, elevate our aviation program (enrollment targets from previous strategic plan, NMC Next)<\/p>\n
\nPresenter: Tony Sauerbrey, UAS Coordinator
\nAmount Requested: $10,042
\nAmount Awarded: $10,042
\nAlignment: national program recognition, potential recruitment opportunity, support of the NorthSky Consortium (partnerships, regional needs)<\/p>\n
\nPresenter: Kelly Yauk, PRMC Marketing Director
\nAmount Requested: $10,440
\nAmount Awarded: $10,440
\nAlignment: adult learner recruitment, blending of credit and noncredit, PRMC enrollment strategies<\/p>\n