Entrepreneurial and innovative spirit is alive at CofC
The College of Charleston has five of the 15 semi-finalists for the 2023 SC Innovates statewide student pitch competition. This year there were 123 submissions from 16 colleges and universities. The finale will be held in Columbia on November 2nd and 3rd.
Congratulations to the following CofC student-teams who are moving forward in the competition:
- Cothrift (Anaya Waugh, Eleanor Hart, Amy Gray)
- UrBIN (Courtney Williams, Mackinzie Linn, Falco Salbaum)
- PLAINT (Zoe Willis, Evan Villamor, Savana Kate Schwanda)
- SAFEKEY (Emily Cox, Avi Rosan, Bennett Giammo)
- Rappit (Jaden Stepp)
Did you know?
- CofC also had four teams place as first runners up.
- A recent study at the College of Charleston of the incoming freshman class, observes that almost 45% of freshmen want to be entrepreneurs.
- Two of the five CofC teams are all first year students. These teams were mentored by sophomores who were freshmen semifinalists last year. If you have any of our ELLC volunteer peer mentors in your classes please thank them for making an impact: David Byrd (FINC), Caroline Twite (HTMT), Catherine Linden (SCIM), Wilson Kern (INTB), and Kyle Barretto (CSCI).
Thank you for your leadership, Dave, Lancie, Sarah and Troy Knauss!
Erika LeGendre • October 19, 2023