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=== '''DifferenceMaker™ Inaugural Year Statistics''' ===
*72 DifferenceMaker™ events held in inaugural year
*3,500 students who participates in a DifferenceMaker™ event this past year
*$25,000 of funds awarded to 10 IdeaChallenge finalist teams
*1,265 freshman participating in summer rapid ideation workshops
*112 students who participated in the First Annual IdeaChallenge
*22 cross discipline relationships notes between students among IdeaChallenge teams
*24 academic disciplines represented by students in the IdeaChallenge teams
=== '''2015 DifferenceMaker™ Idea Challenge Finalists''' ===
'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Campus-Wide DifferenceMaker</span>'''
'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Hydraulic Walker ($5,000)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Ryan Andrews - Physical Therapy Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Peter Klausmeyer - Physical Therapy Graduate</span>
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'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Significant Social Impact</span>'''
'''<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">1st Place</span>'''<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">-</span>'''L''''''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">ove of the Game ($4,000)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Jessica Dion - Exercise Physiology '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Dylan Doucette - Exercise Physiology '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Lucas Parsons - Exercise Physiology '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Rachel Silk - Business Marketing '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Daniel Schmith - Business Entrepreneurship '18</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Jennie Pisarik - Exercise Physiology '16</span>
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'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">2nd Place - Buddies Without Borders ($2,500)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Tugba Arsava - Community Social Psychology Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Burhan Colak - Civil Engineering Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Katherine Cox - Psychology '18</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Madeline Ormazza - Business '17</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Shashank Raghuveer - Computer Science Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fang Zhang - Chemistry Graduate</span>
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'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Contribution to a Healthier Lifestyle</span>'''
'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">1st Place - Playable Therapy ($4,000)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Suhaib Alfageeh - Computer Science '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Lucas Brown - English and Math '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Chelsea Hayes - Business '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Damir Ismagilove - Math '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Anthony Pitaro - Exercise Physiology '15</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Mark Mcgrotty - Computer Science '16</span>
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'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">2nd Place - Solar Electric Vehicles ($2,500)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Suhaib Alfageeh - Computer Science '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Chukwuma Azubuine - Entrepreneurship Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Richard Asirifi - Electrical Engineering '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Anas Dahany - Electrical Engineering '15</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">David Jenkins - Mechanical Engineering '15</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Oliver Kayego - Electrical Engineering '17</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Chris Leger - Electrical Engineering '15</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Jared Mrvos - Computer Engineering '17</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Charles Reid - Mechanical Engineering '15</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Kenneth Sanders - Computer Science '18</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Mukhammaddin Zinaddinov - Electrical Engineering '18</span>
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'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Innovative Technology Solution</span>'''
'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">1st Place - Masela Dentures ($4,000)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Cormac Hondros-McCarthy - Plastics Engineering '15</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Casey McRae - Plastics Engineering '15</span>
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'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">2nd Place - </span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">KEnDERS Athletic Body Armor(</span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">$2,500)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Elizabeth Kender - Plastics Engineering '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Laura Kender - Plastics Engineering '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Stephen Kender - Plastics Engineering '18</span>
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'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">First to Market</span>'''
'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">1st Place - Mayday ($4,000)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Cibhi SelVan- Business Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Alessandro Agnello- Computer Science PhD</span>
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<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''2nd Place''' - </span>'''<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Word Builder </span>'''<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">(</span>'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">$2,500)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Sergio Coronado - Computer Engineering '16</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Ian Copithorne - Computer Engineering '16</span>
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'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Honorable Mention</span>'''
'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Low-Income Community Homework Center ($1,500)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Arnaldo Rivera - Psychology '15</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Hector Rivera - Psychology '15</span>
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'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Fan Favorite</span>'''
'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Indoor Hydroponic System ($2,500)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Rapheeporn Aungaphinant - Business Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Katherine Cain - Business Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Tucker Holladay - Business Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Shu-Wei Hsu - Business Graduate</span>
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Alima Shamuratova - Business Graduate</span>
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Through the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, along with affiliated faculty and other campus programs, the University has introduced a range of activities that help students make a difference in the world.
=== '''DifferenceMaker™ Future Efforts:''' ===
