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Five Award Winners at LaunchU 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Five Award Winners at LaunchU 2013 The Creativity and Leadership Program at Oberlin College & Conservatory is pleased to announce that five groups of entrepreneurs won a Venture Development Award at the inaugural LaunchU Accelerator Pitch Competition on January 26.
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Applications Now Open for LaunchU 2013

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Applications Now Open for LaunchU 2013 Applications are now being accepted for Oberlin's inaugural LaunchU, an entrepreneurship accelerator program for current students and alumni, running January 2013. The application deadline is November 15th, 2012.
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Oberlin Announces LaunchU, An Accelerator Program for Student and Alumni Entrepreneurs

Monday, October 01, 2012

Oberlin Announces LaunchU, An Accelerator Program for Student and Alumni Entrepreneurs Oberlin has announced a new program by Creativity & Leadership, LaunchU, slated to begin in January 2013. An intensive program designed to accelerate the development and launch of Oberlin entrepreneurs, LaunchU culminates in a public pitch competition before a panel of investors, while providing a forum in which aspiring entrepreneurs can refine their ideas, develop both skills and networks, and compete for investment opportunities, services, and mentorship, as well as $10,000 in venture-development prizes.
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First Creativity Fund Deadline is November 1st

Thursday, September 20, 2012

First Creativity Fund Deadline is November 1st The application deadline for the first round of 2012-2013 Creativity Fund awards is November 1, 2012. Creativity Fund awards of up to $2,000 support students in developing project to explore their entrepreneurial aspirations. Creativity Fund awards are ideal for students with early-stage ideas. The fund supports students who articulate problems or opportunities and who propose solutions in the form of entrepreneurial ventures; Creativity Fund awards finance projects to test out these entrepreneurial ideas.
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Two Science Majors from Two Different Worlds Bring Textbooks and Inspiration to Rural Kenya

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Two Science Majors from Two Different Worlds Bring Textbooks and Inspiration to Rural Kenya Peterson Njamunge grew up in a rural slum in Kenya. When he came to Oberlin, he joined forces with Shauna Godfrey to create Kenya Reads, a project that is changing the lives of students in Njamunge's former primary school.
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Alumni Launch Mobile App for Chinese Language Program Skritter

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Alumni Launch Mobile App for Chinese Language Program Skritter In 2008, Oberlin graduates Nick Winter, George Saines, and Scott Erickson founded an electronic language learning tool that helps students master the art of writing Chinese and Japanese. Since it launched in 2009, the program known as Skritter has earned praise from users and bloggers all over the world. Now, Skritter is set to reach an even wider audience with the recent release of its free mobile app.
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Lauren Manning '12 Wins Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Arts Award

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Lauren Manning '12 Wins Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Arts Award This fall, violinist Lauren Manning '12 will enroll in a two-year master's program at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music. Her graduate studies in violin performance will be supported by a Graduate Arts Award from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, a private, independent foundation. The award provides up to $50,000 per year for up to three years to recent college graduates who will pursue a degree in the visual or performing arts.
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Two Seniors Win 2012 Creativity & Leadership Fellowships

Friday, May 25, 2012

Two Seniors Win 2012 Creativity & Leadership Fellowships A tech start-up and an interfaith service organization are the independent ventures supported by this year’s Creativity & Leadership fellowships, which awards innovative and motivated students the opportunity to move their entrepreneurial ideas from concept to reality.
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Student-Run Venture Produces Fresh Crop of Collegiate Apparel

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Student-Run Venture Produces Fresh Crop of Collegiate Apparel Take a dedicated group of underclassmen from different majors, let them design and market a line of T-shirts on practically a dime, and the result is a new brand of collegiate apparel that never looked so fresh, so creative… so Oberlin.
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Creativity and Leadership Project Awards $65K to Student Entrepreneurs

Friday, May 20, 2011

The Creativity & Leadership Project has awarded grants totaling $65,000 to six graduating seniors to launch their originally conceived entrepreneurial ventures.
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