{"id":15490,"date":"2022-10-12T13:17:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T18:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/?p=15490"},"modified":"2022-10-12T13:17:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T18:17:13","slug":"success-story-eagle-works-2022-maker-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/2022\/events\/success-story-eagle-works-2022-maker-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Story: Eagle Works 2022 Maker Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On October 6, the Eagle Works Maker Challenge introduced 25 students to the Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship initiative. Students were divided into teams and challenged with: \u201cIf you were stranded on a deserted island, how would you either survive or escape it?\u201d Using materials like PVC pipe, duct tape, Play-Doh, and coffee filters, the teams had one hour to design, create, and present a prototype. Students received giveaway items, food, t-shirts, and $50 scholarships for prize categories including \u201cMost likely to be on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Survivor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and \u201cMost inspirational karaoke opportunity.\u201d Rural Outreach Coordinator Andrea Kruszka says, \u201cEagle Works is for students across campus. We encourage interdisciplinary teams since that is the reality of life post-graduation.\u201d The Maker Challenge kicks off an exciting year of Eagle Works activities! Join us October 26 at 5:00 PM in the iMakerspace to learn how you can win $10,000! For more information, visit:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tntech.edu\/innovation\/eagleworks\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eagle Works Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 6, the Eagle Works Maker Challenge introduced 25 students to the Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship initiative. Students were divided into teams and challenged with: \u201cIf you were stranded on a deserted island, how would you either survive or escape it?\u201d Using materials like PVC pipe, duct tape, Play-Doh, and coffee filters, the teams had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,22],"class_list":{"0":"post-15490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events","8":"tag-facstaff","9":"tag-student"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/2022-10-12_6346d5b658cd3_EagleWorksPicture.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15497,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490\/revisions\/15497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}