CEHS Students to Compete for $80,000 in Prizes

Three CEHS students will be competing for $80,000 in prizes, tomorrow, May 2nd, in the BulbHead Inventors Day for Aspiring Entrepreneurs. Bailey Capra, a junior Exercise Science student will compete with the group Eatree. The Wheatpaste team includes Matthew Szot, a senior Applied Nutrition student. Sirawar Matin, a sophomore Athletic Training student is part of Neatsweeps. Neatsweeps recently competed at UPitchNJ, the statewide business competition, against 13 other colleges and universities and placed 3rd, winning $500, and was the recipient of the Audience Choice Award with a $100 Starbucks gift card.

The competition will take place in the 7th floor conference center in University Hall, beginning at 9:00 am, and will be emceed by Anthony “Sully” Sullivan, the blue-shirted pitchman for  OxiClean.

The full schedule is listed below. Please note all times are approximate – come a bit early and plan to stay a bit later if you are coming to see a specific team.

Semi-finals – 9:00-10:30 a.m. (Teams 1-6)

Eatree

• Lauren Wisnewski – Senior – Visual Communication Design
• Sarah DiPirro – Junior – Visual Communication Design
• Bailey Capra – Junior – Exercise Science
• Lauren Green – Junior – Visual Arts

EVNME

• Muhammad Umar Cheema – Graduate Student – MBA
• Eric Virgil Sanchez – Graduate Student – MBA
• Arbnore Hoxha – Graduate Student – MBA

Kore Beauty

• Katherine Gutt – Senior – Industrial Design
• Christopher Weiss – Senior – Industrial Design

Wheatpaste

• George Garcia – Senior  – Business Administration – Entrepreneurship
• Matthew Szot – Senior – Applied Nutrition
• Jacob Gilbert – Junior – Psychology

Home Studio Yoga

• Alexis Grant – Graduate Student – Psychology
• Cynthia Vlad – Graduate Student – Psychology

Lick Loyalty

• Kylah Williams – Senior – Communication & Media Arts
• Joshua Leclerc – Graduate – Fine Arts

11:00-12:30 p.m. (Teams 7-12)

Culture Wear

• Kent Daniel – Senior – Management
• Adrialys Samboy – Senior – Business Administration
• Sasha Mejia-Rivaj – Junior – Fine Arts: Photography

Rollarito

• William Krupka – Junior – Management
• David McDougall – Junior – Management
• Daphne Titus-Glover – Senior – Visual Communication Design

Motierra

• Breana Perez – Sophomore – Product Design
• Ross Newton – Freshman – Product Design

AquaNet Ecosystems

• Seth Alexander Lewinson – Senior – Sustainability Science BS/MS
• Dylan Belding – Graduate Student – Sustainability Science

Neatsweeps

• Sirawar Matin – Sophomore – Athletic Training
• Iffat Daniel Siddiqi – Junior – Computer Science

Pidaeus

• Danielle Neshadny – Senior – Biology
• Bryana Taliaferro-Redmond – Sophomore – Mathematics
• Jessica Li – Junior – Visual Communication Design

12:30-4:00 p.m.

Pizza lunch, final pitches

4:00 p.m.

The dramatic moment when three teams are crowned winners (first=$50,000; second=$20,000; third=$10,000)

Read more about the Pitch Competition at the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship.