Juicy Ideas

Rogers State University recently participated in a national competition, sponsored by Google called 'Juicy Ideas'. Teams of students competed to add value to a throw-away item, a plastic shopping bag. I was teaching Entrepreneurship in Bartlesville at the time, so I recruited a few teams out of my class. Two other teams formed from Dr. Gray's class and Dr. Kennemer's class.

The student's had ten days to add value to a plastic shopping bag, by being environmentally responsible - while making a video of their experience. The videos were posted on You Tube for judges to review. RSU had two winning teams for the state - Hillcats won 2nd place & Mixed Fruit won 3rd place. The top three teams from Oklahoma were submitted to compete nationally.

We found out this week that Mixed Fruits ranked 5th place and Hillcats ranked 10th place nationally. Overall, 243 videos were submitted with 866 students participating nationwide. I am so proud of the RSU students involved in the competition. Out of 243 videos, RSU placed twice in the top ten. All the videos and ideas were great and RSU was represented very well! Congratulations to the following winning students: Jolene Myler, Megan Pruitt, Jason Cantrell, Bethia Davis, Terri Dubway, Cinthia Heisterberg, Elizabeth Tirado, and Adil Patel.

The videos were judged on ideas, not production quality. You can check out the videos here:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=InnCtr&view=favorites














Teams of students receiving awards at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame