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Entrepreneur Magazine’s College Entrepreneur of 2009 Contest for Undergraduates presented by The UPS Store®
(Irvine, CA) April 8, 2009 – Maybe you’ve seen how ‘secure’ corporate America is, maybe you’ve wanted to do things your way, since you were like five – or maybe you just can’t stand the idea of working for the man knowing you’ll make a bigger difference in the world as your own boss. Whatever your motivation, entering this contest is a no-brainer when it comes to getting you closer to what you want.
It ultimately comes down to that big idea you’ve been batting around. All you need to do is tell us your inspiration for it, what makes it viable and different from the millions of ideas already out there, and where you see it going. In return we’ll show the winner $2,500 in seed money – and more importantly, thousands of dollars worth of publicity that money can’t buy.
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$10,000 Scholarship Contest from RentCollegeProperties.com
Rent College Properties, a new rental property location service for college students, announced today plans for an exciting scholarship competition. At stake is $10,000 in scholarship money and a position within the company. The scholarship competition will run from April 6 until July 31.
Grand Rapids, MI April 6, 2009 — Today Rent College Properties, a new web-based rental property location service for college students, is asking college students a question: So you think you can sell? The college student who is able to sell the most memberships for Rent College Properties will win a $10,000 college scholarship. This competition is not based on essay submissions, interviews, where you grew up, what hand you write with, or any other obscure factor. Instead it is determined by your ability to sell! In this economy, who couldn’t use more money for college? There is a catch though: individuals who finish the competition within the top ten will be interviewed for a position within Rent College Properties!
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AT&T Accepting Applications for 2009 Big Mobile On Campus Challenge
DALLAS, April 1 — AT&T* today announced its second annual Big Mobile On Campus Challenge, a national higher education contest for mobile application development. The contest recognizes innovative and creative mobile applications that enhance academic performance, build campus community and help to improve campus operations.
The Big Mobile on Campus Challenge is open to all full-time students and full- or part-time staff at higher education institutions, accredited or degree issuing colleges or universities in the continental United States. Entrants must be 18 years old or older at the time of entry and legal residents of the continental U.S. Individual and team entries of no more than four (4) persons will be accepted. Continue reading
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America’s Greenest Campus Contest Challenges Youth to Reduce Carbon Footprints
NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire/ — America’s Greenest Campus launched a nationwide contest today that enables colleges and universities to compete against each other in reducing their carbon footprints. America’s Greenest Campus is a partnership between SmartPower, the nation’s leading clean energy and energy efficiency marketing organization, and Climate Culture , the premier online carbon measurement and reduction utility, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy.
AmericasGreenestCampus.com offers personalized advice on how participants can reduce their carbon footprint and tracks the collective carbon reductions of participating students, faculty, staff and alumni at campuses across the country. The contest runs until October 5, 2009 and winners will be announced in two areas – the school with the most participants and the school with the most carbon reductions per participant – on October 12, 2009. Each winning school will receive $5,000 in cash prizes to be used towards sustainability initiatives on campus. Continue reading
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Chase Community Development Competition Opens for Students and Not-for-Profits
NEW ORLEANS, March 27 — Chase and Enterprise Community Partners are pleased to announce the opening of the 2009 Chase Community Development Competition. Held in New Orleans for the second consecutive year, this real-estate design competition continues to match practical design ideas of national college students with the real-life community needs of low- to moderate income families in the Crescent City.
Started 15 years ago in New York City, the competition refocused its direction in 2008 to center on the rebuilding efforts underway in New Orleans. This competition allows college students to partner with local not-for-profits to create viable and environmentally-responsive real-estate plans that meet a prevalent community need. The winning teams will receive predevelopment grants for the sponsoring not-for-profit to assist in the implementation of the student’s winning design. The first place entry will receive a $25,000 pre-development grant. The second place design will get a $15,000 grant, and the third place winners will receive a $10,000 grant. Chase will provide funding for the grants. Continue reading
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Pajamas TV Kicks Off ‘Generational Theft Contest’ Today
LOS ANGELES, March 26 — Pajamas TV, an Internet TV media company, is launching a number of initiatives that will report on the growing concern over how the U.S. economic direction could impact the financial prospects of its citizens. These initiatives will examine what the real “dollar” impact could be on current and future generations.
Today, Pajamas TV is launching its “Generational Theft Contest” on its website at www.PJTV.com. They are inviting college students to join forces with their professors to calculate and express the financial impact of the current economic environment on a 2009 college graduate. In particular, PJTV is looking for the best method or tool to forecast a bachelor’s degree holder’s annual income in 2014, 2019, 2024 and 2034 after factoring in the cost of current government programs, including TARP and TALF, and stimulus packages, including their associated interest payments, health-care reform, inflation, taxes, etc. The grand prize-winning entry will earn $10,000 for the participating college student or student team, and $10,000 for the aiding professor. Continue reading
Top 10 Reasons College Women Should Enter Playboy U’s First Online Wet T-Shirt Video Contest
As part of Playboy U’s celebration of Spring Break ’09, we’re offering a $1,000 prize to the winner of our first-ever online Wet T-Shirt Video Contest. So if you’re brave enough (and hot enough) to send us a video documenting your wet t-shirt skills, you could make Playboy history and become a legendary part of our Spring Break festivities! Continue reading
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American Cornhole Organization Sets Sight on $1,000,000.00 CornyForty Purse
Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) December 29, 2008 — American Cornhole, LLC a Milford, Ohio based company has moved one step closer to realizing its dream of the National Sport of Cornhole with the addition of its CornyForty List. The CornyForty List is a performance based ranking system identifying the best cornhole players and the top 40 cornhole players in the world, known as the “CornyForty”. In order to be part of the CornyForty List a cornhole player must earn points towards their CornyForty ranking. The ranking is through two sources: 1) a player’s best SCR Score in a Season, 2) a player’s performance in TopGun events throughout the season. Players in the “CornyForty” receive an invitation at the end of the season to compete in the ACO U.S. Nationals “King of Cornhole” in January. Starting with the 2009 cornhole season, a player in the CornyForty will share in a Guaranteed Minimum $10,000.00 Participation Purse. Continue reading
College Blogger Contest
Doublethink Online is pleased to announce the second annual America’s Future Foundation College Blogger Contest. The purpose of the contest is to encourage original liberty-minded blogger journalism on college campuses and to identify young conservative and libertarian talent who wish to pursue careers as journalists and writers.
The contest is open to all graduate and undergraduate bloggers age 25 and younger. Ten finalists will be chosen at the end of the year, and the winning blog will be awarded a cash prize of $10,000 and be invited to be a panelist at an AFF Roundtable on higher education in Washington, D.C. Awards will be announced on April 7, 2009. Second place takes home $3,000, and third place takes homes $1,000. Our judges will also provide feedback to all of the finalists in order to improve their work.
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