Purdue Research Park announces awards for Entrepreneurship Academy

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Purdue Research Park announces awards for Entrepreneurship Academy
Maureen S. Ward, Purdue University News Service
Posted on Wednesday, August 8 2007

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Purdue Research Park presented college tuition vouchers on Friday (Aug. 3) to Indiana high school students who were among the top three finishers in the inaugural Entrepreneurship Academy.
The vouchers, which were awarded during a luncheon in Purdue University’s Hillenbrand Hall, ranged in the amounts of $100 to $500, and can be used to offset the costs of higher education. Students participating in the academy were juniors and seniors from 13 Indiana counties.

During the weeklong entrepreneurship academy, aspiring entrepreneurs learned how to identify a possible business, develop a product or service, create a marketing plan and pitch the idea to potential investors. The academy was made possible through a $35,000 grant from Indiana's Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development, or WIRED, program and organized by the Purdue Research Park.

The participating Indiana students were:

* David Burke, junior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Otterbein.

* Miranda McCormack, junior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Fowler.

* Bryan Mermoud, senior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Oxford.

* Emily Salla, senior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Earl Park.

* Tyler Schluttenhofer, junior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Otterbein.

* Cassandra Sprowl, senior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, West Lafayette.

* Sean Igo, senior, Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School, Lafayette.

* Jacob Roark, junior, Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School, Lafayette.

* Zyon Rennewanz, junior, Century Career Center, Logansport.

* Tyler Johnston, junior, Clinton Central Junior-Senior High School, Michigantown.

* Cameron Woodard, junior, Clinton Central Junior-Senior High School, Frankfort.

* Nicholi Kauffman, junior, Delphi Community High School, Delphi.

* Shawneci Windell, junior, Delphi Community High School, Delphi.

* Nathan Boltz, senior, Eastern High School, Greentown.

* Austin Walker, junior, Fountain Central Junior-Senior High School, Veedersburg.

* Clay Carter, junior, Frankfort High School, Rossville.

* Taylor Jenkins, senior, Frankfort High School, Frankfort.

* Andrew Ramos, junior, Frankfort High School, Frankfort.

* Alex Snyder, senior, Frankfort High School, Frankfort.

* Kara Bartolone, senior, Harrison High School, Lafayette.

* Tiffany Bucher, senior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette.

* Rachel Cheeseman, senior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette.

* Kinga Machaty, junior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette.

* Robert McConnell, junior, Harrison High School, Lafayette.

* Chris Stewart, junior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette.

* Rachel Vierling, senior, Harrison High School, Lafayette.

* Miles Gresham-Miller, junior, Jefferson High School, Lafayette.

* Corbin Krenk, junior, Jefferson High School, Lafayette.

* Michael Heffernan, senior, Kokomo High School, Kokomo.

* Patrick Hegenow, junior, Kokomo High School, Kokomo.

* James Evens, junior, McCutcheon High School, Lafayette.

* Kelsey Moore, senior, McCutcheon High School, Lafayette.

* John Burns, junior, North Montgomery High School, Darlington.

* Nicholas Brown, senior, Rochester Community High School, Rochester.

* Nick Clevenger, senior, Rochester Community High School, Rochester.

* Samuel Darnell, senior, Rossville Middle/High School, Mulberry.

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