According to USA TODAY, it may have seemed like just another freshman move-in day at West Virginia University. But for American Eagle Outfitters, it was D-Day. The company placed updates on Facebook that promoted free car-to-dorm room help with heavy stuff on move-in day – not to mention free flip-flops. College students are wary of […]
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According to Vator News, Facebook-backer and PayPal co-founder, Peter Thiel, is offering teens $100,000 to put school on hold to focus on developing innovative tech ideas. Thiel announced his new “20 Under 20” program, which will award grants of $100,000 to 20 entrepreneurs under the age of 20 for developing interesting new tech business ideas.
The clicker is a “personal response device,” a small electronic gadget about the size of a slim calculator. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the trendy, high-tech learning tool, used to take attendance, poll student opinion, and administer quizzes, is taking hold on campuses across the country, with an estimated two million college students now using them,
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Students 18 and under can showcase an original toy or game and win prizes and industry acclaim in the Chicago Toy & Game Fair’s Young Inventor Challenge. The 8th Annual Chicago Toy & Game Fair will be held Nov. 20 and 21 at Navy Pier, Chicago. The grand prize will be awarded by popular vote
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Could you imagine being paid to start a business while working towards your MBA in college? That’s the idea behind the MBA Entrepreneur Fellow program in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Business Administration. “The Entrepreneur Fellow program offers what every entrepreneur hopes for — an opportunity to bring a business to life,” said
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According to a story in the Associated Press, many small business owners are about to become students. Some are brand-new entrepreneurs who want to learn the basics, such as how to use accounting software. Others are veterans who want to learn new skills so they can expand their business. Owners who want to learn have
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According to the Associated Press, for students entering college this fall, e-mail is too slow, phones have never had cords and the computers they played with as kids are now in museums. Few incoming freshmen know how to write in cursive or have ever worn a wristwatch. These are among the 75 items on this
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If going to college isn’t hard enough, have you tried running a business at the same time? Raymond Lei is one such young entrepreneur that is doing just that. For Raymond it all started with a t-shirt order. As he shopped around at different printers it soon became obvious that all of his options were
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“Cardboard Mechanics” is an art installation created by four students at the Utrecht School of Art and Technology in the Netherlands. It is a clockwork machine built out of cardboard and controlled by an arduino. You can view more videos of the machine here. via Neatorama
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Rhonda Abrams writes for Gannett that as a college graduate your next expected step is to look for a job. If you’ve just graduated, I’m sure your parents are urging you to get a job. After all, they don’t really want you moving back into your old room, playing video games, and walking around the
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