Innovation Challenge comes to a close this week

By: Alyssa Gomez, Staff Reporter

What is the Innovation Challenge? Well, it is the only student-run business competition in the Front Range! Regis University students were welcomed by the Innovation Center to bring new and fresh business ideas in hopes of starting their business this summer. Through this competition, the Innovation Center hopes to raise support for student business ideas and gain sponsorship to really amp up the competition of this event in the future. The Innovation Center also hopes for the start-up companies to reinvest in Regis’ business education program. This competition gives anyone affiliated with Regis, a platform to present and network their ideas.

This inaugural year, the Innovation Challenge has 9 competing teams with a vast array of fresh ideas! Who all hope to win one of the three cash prizes at the final event taking place on April 20that 5:30 pm in the Mountain View Room in Claver Hall. The three winners will be awarded prizes of $10,000, $5,000, $1,000 and a workplace in the Innovation Center that comes fully equipped with everything they need get the businesses up and running.

Why should Regis students care? Well, you get to vote for the winner! 20% of the competitor’s overall score will be determined by you, the audience member. Plus, you get to talk to attending alumni and network for yourself. Come to the final event early, 5:30 p.m., to hear the incredible headline speaker, Vic Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Innovation Pavilion and hear his amazing speech on “How to Incubate a Good Idea.” Come out and support fellow Regis students and cast your vote for the winner! 

You can RSVP for this event by going to this link: http://www.cvent.com/events/2018-alumni-matrix-meetup/event-summary-661b3be2c73743629f72e1ee1c680624.aspx 

“March 2 College Day” 2018

(Photo courtesy of Ann Giesenhage)

By: Alyssa Gomez, Staff Reporter

It’s almost that time of year again for Regis University to show off our beautiful campus, this time, to Skinner Middle School students! “March 2 College Day” is a 15-year old tradition here at Regis, facilitated by the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. The goal of this day is to encourage young students to continue their educational career and attend college in the future. They will be given the full college experience by touring the dorms, classrooms, having lunch in the cafeteria, and much more!

On Tuesday April 17, Regis' chapter of NSCS will be hosting about 200 8th grade students! Regis students and faculty are all invited to come out and help make this a special day for the kids. The value of this day does not go unseen. Currently, there are two former Skinner Middle School students at Regis who rave about “March 2 College Day” and say they applied to Regis because of this experience. Stories such as these are what make this whole day so worth it and gratifying!

In order to make this day as special as possible for these kids, they need as many volunteers as possible! If you are interested in volunteering, for class or club credit please contact Ann Giesenhagen (agiesenhagen@regis.edu.) You can volunteer for all day or part of the day, NSCS is happy to work with your schedules so you can come out and make a difference for so many kids! The value of “March 2 College” does not only benefit middle school students, it also leaves a lasting impact on the hearts of the undergrad students as well! Please consider volunteering and come out and make a lasting impact!

International Happiness Day: Finding your path

(Photo: Emily Schneider)

By: Alyssa Gomez, Staff Reporter

As a part of International Happiness Day on March 20, the Communication Department, along with Dean John Hickey, welcomed one of the most amazing speakers to Regis! Dr. Amy Lopez is a Regis graduate who obtained her degree in social work and soon after, decided to go on a journey to find exactly what makes her truly happy.

During this happiness seminar, students learned new things about happiness, things that no one really thinks about on a daily basis. For example Lopez told students that you do not need to find your fulfillment through your job, you can find your happiness through other things and people. Relationships are one of the building blocks of happiness and it such a great joy in life to cultivate and build those relationships. Additionally, students and staff learned that happiness truly beings and ends with a change in mindset.

She revealed to the audience that in her recent study about happiness that people who are naturally happy tell themselves every day that “it’s going to be okay” and people who are unhappy talk negatively to themselves and may say that “it’s going to be okay” but do not necessarily believe it. We realized the importance of speaking kindly to ourselves and pointing out amazing things about ourselves and not the things we are uncomfortable with.

Dr. Lopez made those in attendance stop and think about what truly makes them happy and had them attempt to define what they happiness really feels like. She stated that you should take what you know what makes you happy and try to promote it in your life and do more of it. As groups, she had the attendees actually sat down and charted out what makes us happy. Activities like hiking, being with family, or travel. They all charted out the amount of time and actually set aside time to do that activity and promise to do more of because we all deserve to be truly happy and do the things we love.

Dr. Lopez made it so clear that although it is fun to do something new every day, it is also equally as important to take time for yourself to just do nothing. Especially in regards to our hectic lives as college students. This was such an amazing seminar that truly made us think about how to bring more happiness and light into our lives and how important it is to have our busy lives but not forget to focus on ourselves as to not get lost in the crazy world we exist in.