COBE BB&T Innovation Competition

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What to Expect

This competition is open to ALL students from the Radford University community, graduate and undergraduate. You will utilize your creativity and innovative skills to effectively solve a real-world problem. Students form groups of four or five and there are two rounds to the competition.

In the first round, students write a one-page summary of what the innovative idea is, how it is useful, and who it helps. This round also includes a 60-second commercial. These commercials will be sent to other participants for critiques. 

The second round involves professors looking at student videos and narrowing the field to the top ten teams. After this, those teams present their idea to outside judges and winning teams are presented with their prizes.


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Fall 2016 Winners

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               Millenial Refurbishing
                    Judges' Choice

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                   Team Innovation
    Best Freshman/Sophomore Group

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                Entertainment Group
                       Most Creative

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                    Helping Hands
                        Runner Up
             Best Social or Nonprofit

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                    Words of Fitness
                 Best Use of Analytics

Fall 2017 Winners

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                         Team Backpackers
                        Winner - First Place

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                          Team EcoCase
           Best Nonprofit or Social Innovation

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                              The Herd
                     Most Creative Effort

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                       Team Animal House
                   Runner Up - Second Place

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                              Team GTech
                            Judges' Choice

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                              Group 40
                     Best Use of Analytics