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Abbey DuBois and Matt Volpe
Innovative, highly technical and eager student entrepreneurs at Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) came together April 15 to compete for $18,750 in seed money to turn their product ideas and prototypes into real businesses. The winning team, called The BioSpec Enterprise, is an all-in-one indoor house plant monitoring system by students Abbey DuBois, Joshua Hewitt, Jared Monroe and Matt Volpe.
This is the seventh Catalyze Klamath Falls Challenge, which began with the concept of keeping Oregon Tech graduates in Klamath Falls to start entrepreneurial efforts after graduation and help spur economic growth and stability in the region. Started in 2015, over the past six years student/alumni teams have competed for over $70,000 in prize money and services.
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At least half of young Emiratis are concerned about the high cost of living and the availability of jobs, a survey suggested.
Almost 3,000 students shared their views of how they see the next 50 years unfolding for
Looking to the Future, a study released for Mohamed bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations, which took place on Sunday.
The availability of jobs (55 per cent) and the high cost of living (50 per cent), were among the most pressing issues for those polled.
But 91 per cent said they felt positive that the future would hold promise - and 78 per cent predicted they would have a better quality of life than their parents.
Jennifer Berdyugin, Kyle Jenkins and Juan Villarreal, graduate students at Oregon Tech, work on the second round of floating solar aeration systems they released on the lake this week to help increase the oxygen levels in the lake for the endangered suckers in this July photo.
H&N photo by Becca Robbins