{"id":19506,"date":"2024-12-03T13:52:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=19506"},"modified":"2024-12-05T23:44:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T04:44:25","slug":"earn-scholarship-dollars-at-m-c3-student-business-pitch-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2024\/12\/03\/earn-scholarship-dollars-at-m-c3-student-business-pitch-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Earn scholarship dollars at M-C3 student business pitch competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you an undergraduate or graduate student ready to be a change-maker, contribute to your community and boost your resume with valuable project experience? Here&#8217;s your chance! Submit your innovative project idea to the Michigan Campus Community Challenge (M-C3) and shine as a leader.<\/p>\n<p>The M-C3 is a student entrepreneurial scholarship pitch competition that integrates real-world, project-based learning into the campus experience. The program includes the potential to earn cash stipends and scholarship dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Individuals or teams may work with a partner (an organization or business) and\/or faculty member<\/li>\n<li>Project ideas also will be solicited from major employers and community organizations<\/li>\n<li>Business mentoring and faculty guidance may be requested<\/li>\n<li>Scholarships of up to $7,500 will be awarded to winning students\/teams<\/li>\n<li>In addition to the opportunity for scholarship awards, projects selected for the final pitch competition will share a $200 cash stipend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application deadline is Friday, Dec. 6.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For questions or more information, please contact Derrin Leppek at <a href=\"mailto:leppekdj@udmercy.edu\">leppekdj@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/MCA1210\/2025M-C3Registration\"><strong>REGISTER HERE!<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19505 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/Michigan-campus-community-challenge-entire-flyer.png?resize=993%2C1262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A flyer for the Michigan Campus Community Challenge. Have a big idea? Earn scholarships to make a difference. The bottom two-thirds of the page have sections entitled What's the Buzz, Why join M-C3, and Ready to Get Started with registration and application information.\" width=\"993\" height=\"1262\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/Michigan-campus-community-challenge-entire-flyer.png?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/Michigan-campus-community-challenge-entire-flyer.png?resize=432%2C550&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/Michigan-campus-community-challenge-entire-flyer.png?w=458&amp;ssl=1 458w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 993px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 993\/1262;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a great idea that can make a difference in your community? Submit your innovative project idea to the Michigan Campus Community Challenge, a student entrepreneurial scholarship pitch competition that integrates real-world, project-based learning into the campus experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":19504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[29,1256,6697,6683,5089,352],"class_list":["post-19506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ccnews","category-student-announcements","tag-community","tag-innovation","tag-michigan-campus-community-challenge","tag-michigan-career-connect","tag-michigan-colleges-alliance","tag-scholarship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-54C","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/11\/Michigan-campus-community-challenge.png?fit=612%2C255&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19506"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19551,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19506\/revisions\/19551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}