Winston-Salem State University News February 20, 2015 WSSU First Runner-Up in 2015 UNC Social Entrepreneurship Competition A team representing the Winston-Salem State University MBA program was first runner-up in the competition held during the recent UNC Social Entrepreneurship Conference. The WSSU team, one of 44 representing all 17 UNC campuses pitching their business ideas to a blue-ribbon panel of entrepreneurs, presented their plan for "TEAMUP," a program that bridges the difficult transition of youth in foster care to independent adult life. Members of the "TEAMUP" group were Jeannette Huntley from Winston-Salem, Fredrick Teeter from Edgerton, Wis. and R. Taylor Irwin from Lawrenceville, Ga. WSSU had a total of two undergraduate and two graduate teams competing. The other three projects dealt with an app to assist home caregivers, an adult day care center, and a patented technology that extends battery life by about 50 percent. Dr. Notis Pagiavlas, interim senior associate dean and professor of marketing, served as the coach for the WSSU teams. The conference, sponsored by JPMorgan Chase & Co., focuses on entrepreneurs working to solve ongoing societal challenges using business principles that can ensure solutions last over time. Student competitors were challenged to identify problems facing their local communities and offer implementation and financial strategies for addressing them. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.