On May 3rd, 2016 UWM hosted its annual Innovator's Expo presenting 25+ student showcase winners, 15+ student organizations, and live interviews. Meet the three Peck School of the Arts students who took home awards.
Design and Visual Communication senior, Kirsten Engen, was awarded the newly created Patricia H. Weisberg Innovation Scholarship. The scholarship is to be awarded for the 2016-17 academic year, and is open to all undergraduate students.
Design and Visual Communication seniors, Braeden Harris and Jacob Adamczak won the People's Choice Award.
Meet two Peck School of the Arts students and recent alumni who are turning their ideas into products and services with support from the Student Startup Challenge.
Master of Music student and pianist, Shixuan Zhang, wanted to eliminate the need for a person to turn her pages of sheet music during concerts. Computer science students Julian Ziman and Ke Chen conceived a mobile app that displays the notes on a digital device, like an iPad. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Art & Design alumnus Joe Kotlan remembers seeing a Facebook "Craig's List" for UWM students and thinking he could vastly improve the concept as a web and mobile app. He created the website as a class assignment and UniversityExchange.trade was born. Seed funding followed from two campus competitions. (UWM Photo/Derek Richert)
