National HSI STEAM Innovation Challenge Launch Event

The National HSI STEAM Innovation Challenge provides opportunities for all students using Apple’s Challenge-Based Learning framework to investigate real-world questions, learn through hands-on exploration, and create technology-enabled projects rooted in their culture, communities and lived experiences.

Students, as individuals or teams, will create digital solutions within the theme of Culture is Currency with a guiding question of:

“How can we transform cultural value into opportunity for ourselves and our communities?”

To learn more about the National Challenge, all UIC students, faculty, colleges, and community groups are invited to the UIC National Challenge Launch event on Thursday, Oct. 15.

Event agenda: 

• 2 p.m. — Welcome
• 2:30 p.m. — Speaking Program
• 3-3:45 p.m. — Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion
• 3:45-4:30 p.m. — Story First! Turning Ideas Into Meaning
• 4:30 p.m. — Conclusion

Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion

Turn your ideas into action and discover what it takes to build a side hustle from the ground up. Hear from current and former UIC students as they share their startup journeys, the ways their unique backgrounds and cultures shaped their business ideas, and practical advice for students interested in launching a venture of their own.

Moderated by Dan Hogan, senior lecturer in entrepreneurship, this panel discussion will offer inspiration, insights and real-world perspectives to help students take the next step toward creating their own side hustle as part of the Create Your Side Hustle pathway for the National HSI STEAM Innovation Challenge.

Story First! Turning Ideas Into Meaning Workshop