{"id":24326,"date":"2026-01-27T12:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=24326"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:07:08","slug":"information-session-for-m-c3-pitch-competition-set-for-jan-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/01\/27\/information-session-for-m-c3-pitch-competition-set-for-jan-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Information session for M-C3 Pitch Competition set for Jan. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Mercy will host an information session for students to learn more about the Michigan Campus Community Challenge (M-C3) Pitch Competition on <strong>Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 1 p.m.<\/strong> The info session will take place in Room 213 of the Commerce &amp; Finance Building.<\/p>\n<p>The M-C3 is a student entrepreneurial scholarship competition that integrates real-world, project-based learning into the campus experience. The program includes the potential to earn significant scholarship dollars, as well as student and faculty stipends.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012, about 370 students, faculty and community leaders have participated in this scholarship competition with more than $350,000 awarded in stipends and scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>This faculty-supported competition is open to individuals or teams where students will have the opportunity to solve a real problem in a Michigan community and a chance to win up to $7,500 for their idea.<\/p>\n<p>All students are invited to attend the information session to learn more about this opportunity and how to apply. Lunch will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or questions, please contact Derrin Leppek at <a href=\"mailto:leppekdj@udmercy.edu\">leppekdj@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24328 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/M-C3-challenge.jpg?resize=614%2C213&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A graphic for 2026 Michigan Campus Community Challenge, presented by Michigan Career Connect and Michigan Colleges Alliance. There is a photo of three students on the right side of the page.\" width=\"614\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/M-C3-challenge.jpg?resize=300%2C104&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/M-C3-challenge.jpg?resize=768%2C266&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/M-C3-challenge.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All students are invited to attend an information session to learn more about the Michigan Campus Community Challenge (M-C3) Pitch Competition on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 1 p.m. in Room 213 of the Commerce &amp; Finance Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":24328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4404],"tags":[435,7234,6697,352,7235],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/M-C3-challenge.jpg?fit=825%2C286&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6km","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24326"}],"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=24326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24350,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24326\/revisions\/24350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}