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鲍狈贬鈥檚 (ECenter) recently awarded $19,500 to six 易胜博官网 students as part of the i2 Passport Program (Ideas and Innovation Passport Program), funded by a portion of the $50,000 gift from Harry Patten 鈥�58.

鈥淲ith this gift from Mr. Patten, we were able to provide every 易胜博官网 undergraduate degree-seeking student with access to a wide variety of programs in the areas of ideas, innovation, and entrepreneurship while tackling the number one pain point for students today: student debt,鈥� said ECenter director Ian Grant.

The i2 Passport Program is designed to drive voluntary activity and event engagement by all undergraduate students in the areas of ideas, innovation, and entrepreneurship with the reward of winning money to help pay off student loans or tuition. Students are awarded 鈥渧isa stamp credits鈥� in their "passports" for each identified activity in which they participate.

"As a first-generation student, it has been especially hard coming into college not knowing what you鈥檙e going to do when it comes to loans and your future career path, but i2 Passport and the ECenter have really opened up new doors for me to explore and see what I鈥檓 capable of." 鈥擜bby Kourafas '18

The four categories of awards and their six recipients include:

• $8,000 for the most visa stamp credits with 36,200 out of a possible 36,700, awarded to Peter Abdu 鈥�17, an electrical engineering major at the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
• $3,500 drawing for first-generation students who reached 23,100 visa stamp credits or higher (platinum level), awarded to Abby Kourafas 鈥�18, a business administration major in the Paul College of Business and Economics.
• $3,500 drawing for any two students who reached 23,100 visa stamp credits or higher (platinum level), awarded to Brady Camplin 鈥�18 and Venus Chau 鈥�19. Camplin is a bioengineering major in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. Chau is an information systems and听business analyst major in the Paul College of Business and Economics.
• $500 易胜博官网 Bookstore gift card drawing for any two students who reached 7,000 visa stamp credits or higher (silver level), awarded to Qiqi Chen 鈥�18听and听Jayson Folsom 鈥�20. Chen is an economics major听in the Paul College of Business and Economics; Folsom is a bioengineering major with听the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

鈥渋2 Passport forced me to branch out. I participated in a number of things, none of which I would have participated in without the i2 Passport Program. Specifically, for my start-up Sol Solution, my team and I were awarded the Summer Seed Grant, first place in the Nelson Poster Competition, and second place in the Holloway Prize Competition,鈥� said first prize winner Abdu.

鈥淭his has been an amazing experience,鈥� said Kourafas. 鈥淎s a first-generation student, it has been especially hard coming into college not knowing what you鈥檙e going to do when it comes to loans and your future career path, but i2 Passport and the ECenter have really opened up new doors for me to explore and see what I鈥檓 capable of.鈥� 听

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The Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) in the 易胜博官网Innovation wing of Madbury Commons is intentionally independent of any one college on campus.

The ECenter鈥檚 goal is to continue building the positive and supportive ideas, innovation, and entrepreneurial culture at 易胜博官网, for all students, faculty, staff, researchers, and alumni. The ECenter has already established itself as the hub in its area on campus. Other programs established include a , six bootcamps centered around networking, marketing, sales, idea creation, legal, and funding, a hackathon, one-on-one coaching, the $10,500 , and the . Physical resources include co-working zones at Alpha Loft at the ECenter, Makerspace at the ECenter, and the Caffeinator Coffee Bar at the ECenter.

For more information about all the ECenter has to offer, including a full program schedule, visit or follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and SnapChat at @易胜博官网ECenter.