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· '''Promoting the Campus Catalyst Program'''-The DifferenceMaker™ Program works closely with the Merrimack Valley Sandbox'E For All', a community business accelerator funded by the Deshpande Foundation, in order to encourage students to generate and develop their entrepreneurial ideas. The Sandbox Campus Catalyst program provided seed funding for student social and business solutions with potential. Catalyst information was provided to students at all DifferenceMaker™ events. Students also received consultation when applying to the Campus Catalyst Program. The DifferenceMaker™ application and Campus Catalyst application were similar in content so that unity between these programs would be maximized.
· '''DifferenceMaker™ Program Promotion-'''In order to promote awareness of, and participation in, DifferenceMaker™ activities among faculty, staff, and students, a variety of outreach materials were developed and distributed across the University. These activities included program launch events, a DifferenceMaker™ website, a Facebook site, a Twitter feed (UML_Difference), various posters, postcards, presentations to classrooms, workshops, office hours, email blasts, and information tables.
*James Abdallah, Senior, Finance and Marketing
'''2nd Place - $2,000'''
*Darin Eidens, Graduate, Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship
*Dan Coughlin, Graduate, MBA
'''$1000'''
*Disha Amin, Junior, Computer Science
<br/>'''iHand '''<br/>The iHand is a concept integrating retinal scanning technology into a full arm, shoulder to fingertips, prosthetic.]]
*James Whiting, Freshman, Mechanical Engineering
*Zihao Gao, Freshman, Chemical Engineering
<br/>'''Chat UML '''<br/>Chat UML, a non-profit, will reach those in need of emotional help through a dedicated website where participants will chat with a Chat UML volunteer about what ever issue they feel a need to. The hope is to assist people before their situation escalates and becomes a crisis.]]
*Brittany Morris, Freshman, Psychology
*Peter Potash, Ph.D., Computer Science
<br/>'''Prevention's Possible '''<br/>The mission of this project is to use creative mediums and personal experience to reach today’s youth with the expectation that WE CAN prevent tragic outcomes!]]
*Matthew Clarke, Senior, Liberal Arts
*Nick Pedini, Freshman, Sociology/Legal Studies
<br/>'''S.imulated A.ction T.esting '''<br/>A gaming option for S.A.T. testing for students who have testing anxiety.]]
*Niki Roberge, Senior, English
*Lisa Jackson, Junior, Peace and Conflict Studies
<br/>'''Fan Favorite''''''$1,000 '''
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">'''Mr. Meds '''<br/>Mr. Meds is a mobile robot used in a hospital pharmacy for medication organization, scheduling, and distribution.</div>
*Philip Colangelo, Graduate, Computer Science
*Vikas Subramani, Graduate, Computer Engineering
<br/>'''DifferenceMaker™ Future Efforts:'''
The DifferenceMaker™ Program plans to continue many of the activities and events initiated in the first year of the program. Some of these programs will be revised and they intend to launch several new initiatives, including a DifferenceMaker™ Passport Program, a DifferenceMaker™ Mentor Program and a seed grant program to encourage faculty participation in the DifferenceMaker™ program. They also plan to expand our collaboration with several University colleges.