We had the opportunity to witness the energy, excitement, knowledge, and passion students at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah have for technology and problem solving. 19 Student teams comprising of 72 students competed in the Eccles-WHOlives Social Impact Challenge, sponsored by Adobe from Oct 15-23, 2020. This event was in partnership with WHOlives, a non-profit organization  focused on improving the lives of people in Kenya and Uganda by providing access to clean water (https://wholives.org/our-mission/mission/), Adobe, and the Information Systems Program at ECCLES. Student teams create websites to promote WHOlives’ programs using Adobe Spark. This event brought together students and industry leaders in helping students learn valuable industry skills and provide networking opportunities with prospective employers, all while solving one of the world’s biggest problems — The UN estimates that 3.4 million people die every year due to the lack of clean water.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!

1st Place – Team 4

  • Alexa Maciel
  • Alexandra Silva
  • Annie Bounthot
  • Benjamin Trujillo
  • Wendy Yu

First Place Team Interview

Awards Ceremony

2nd Place – Team 9

  • Kristina Schiffman
  • Molly Gallagher
  • Hanna Leslie

3rd Place – Team 18

  • Cynthia Wang
  • Brian Pham
  • Daren Thai

STUDENT TEAMS

Team 3

  • Irena Weed
  • Ashley Thai
  • Nicole Chea
  • Lara Mijic

Team  16

  • Kjerstin Phillipps
  • Camille Cedeno
  • Esther Kanhenga

Team 11

  • Annabella Miller
  • Lawrence Major
  • Jordan Baker
  • Conner Hoffman

Team 18

  • Cynthia Wang
  • Brian Pham
  • Daren Thai

Team 2

  • Kjerstin Phillipps
  • Camille Cedeno
  • Esther Kanhenga

Team 4

  • Alexa Maciel
  • Alexandra Silva
  • Annie Bounthot
  • Benjamin Trujillo
  • Wendy Yu

Team 8

  • Heesue Cho
  • Sia Lee
  • Yeonjong Cha

Team 1

  • Li Lin
  • Ethan Campbell
  • Nicholas Tenaglia
  • Laura Sexton

Team 9

  • Kristina Schiffman
  • Molly Gallagher
  • Hanna Leslie