Congratulations to Tricia Boucher, Texas State University, and Kristina Krengel, Birdville ISD, for their outstanding performance in the Pitch of the Week (POW!) contest at Texas Library Association Annual Conference! Their team, The Pop Culture Homages, came up with the idea for the “Beat Box Blender Bar,” a method for …
Congratulations to The Fearless Scarecrows, the grand champions for Fall 2017 Pitch of the Week! Team members include Divyanshu Sharma, a junior Computer Science major who minors in Mathematics, Whitney Adindu, a sophomore Nursing major, and Subrat Parajuli, a sophomore Electrical Engineering major who minors in Sustainable Engineering. This week’s …
Congratulations to The Common Pheasants, winners of the November 16, 2017 Pitch of the Week (POW!) Preliminary Challenge. Team members include Hailey Phillips, a freshman Biology major who minors in Biochemistry, Mehul Jain, a junior Computer Science major who minors in Mathematics, Sameer Ingavale, a senior Business Management major who …
Congratulations to The Fearless Scarecrows, winners of the November 9, 2017 Pitch of the Week (POW!) Preliminary Challenge. Team members include Divyanshu Sharma, a junior Computer Science major who minors in Mathematics, Whitney Adindu, a sophomore Nursing major, and Subrat Parajuli, a sophomore Electrical Engineering major who minors in Sustainable …
Congratulations to The Leaf Peepers, winners of the November 2, 2017 Pitch of the Week (POW!) Preliminary Challenge. Team members include Cam Nguyen, a senior Computer Science major, Clarissa Osagie, a junior Biochemistry/Biology double major who minors in Creative Writing, and Nathan Sundquist, a senior Economics major who minors in …
Congratulations to The Beardy McBeardo Faces, winners of the Pitch of the Week 2017 Final Challenge. Each member of the Beardy McBeardo Faces will receive a $50 gift card. Team members include Whitney Adindu, Cynthia Ochoa and Karam Khalil and their pitch was for a holographic interface for video calls. …
Congratulations to The Beardy McBeardo Faces, winners of the April 19, 2017 Pitch of the Week (POW!) Preliminary Challenge. Team members include Cynthia Ochoa, a junior Communications major who minors in Broadcasting, Karam Khalil, a junior Operations Management major who minors in Real Estate, and Whitney Adindu, a freshman nursing …
Congratulations to The Psycho Llamas, winners of the April 12, 2017 Pitch of the Week (POW!) Preliminary Challenge. Team members include Rahul Dwivedi, a freshman Actuarial Science major who minors in Business, Salman Danesh, a junior Communications & Public Relations major, and Yen Nguyen, a freshman Nursing major. Their pitch …
Congratulations to The Almost Invisible Cows, winners of the April 5, 2017 Pitch of the Week (POW!) Preliminary Challenge. Team members include Suehyun Lee, a sophomore Nursing major who minors in Leadership, Reece Walker, a senior Public Relations major who minors in Advertising, and Cyril Lutterodt, a Psychology and Computer …
In April, UTA Libraries will host a game-show-style pitch contest called POW! (Pitch of the Week!). We seek undergraduate students from all subject disciplines to compete. Every contestant will get a $10 gift card, and winners of the final round will upgrade to a $50 gift card. Gift card options …