$100K Competition

2019 $100K Challenge Venture Competition: April 27

April 18, 2019

The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation will present its annual $100K Challenge Venture Competition on Saturday, April 27, on the third floor of Shiley Hall. This competition provides students with the opportunity to receive feedback on their proposed ventures from within the local entrepreneurial community, win cash awards, and move on to the opportunity to […]

2017 $100K Competition, April 29

April 21, 2017

The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation will present its annual $100K Challenge Venture Competition on Saturday, April 29, in Shiley Hall room 301. This competition provides students with the opportunity to receive feedback on their proposed ventures from within the local entrepreneurial community, win cash awards, and move on to the opportunity to acquire […]

$100K Venture Competition Results Are In

April 29, 2016

The annual Franz Center $100K Venture Competition took place on Saturday, April 23, with a record number of 34 teams participating, according to Peter Rachor, Franz Center. The winner in the Social Enterprise category was Pro Social, a web platform to help people find a volunteer organization that fits with their passions and interests, by […]

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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