2022 Something from Nothing Innovation Challenge

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Announcing our 5th Annual Something from Nothing Winners

First, a special thank you to all of our participants, judges, sponsors, voters and technical assistants in this year's competition! This competition would not be possible without you and we are blessed each year to see the WU community come together to support this innovative challenge.

And our winners are.....

Commercial Value

1st Place and Fan Favorite: Circle Door Shelf. Creators: Lexie Vigna, Mitchell Price, Patrick Demory, Daeshawn Leghorn
2nd Place: Custom Cardboard Purses. Creators: Cheyanne Forson, Gavin Hornyak, Abbey McCoy. Sponsor: Japanese Culture and Anime Club
3rd Place: WU THRONE. Creators: Guillermo Samudio, Hudson Pincavitch, Michael McFarland, Isaiah Greenway

Artistic Value

1st Place: Cardboard Dog Beds. Creator: Elyse Morgan. Sponsor: Business Club
2nd Place and Fan Favorite: Pinball Machine. Creators: Raelyn Bowser, Autumn Stemple, Joseph O’Rourke, Connor Schoenfeld. Sponsor: Fine Arts Department
3rd Place: Big Catch. Creators: Sadie Mink, Sydney Serrano, Jacob Brisky, Jaiden Torres. Sponsor: BUS 155

Social Value

1st Place: Acoustic Sound Panel. Creators: Clay Webb, Eric Burcham, Hunter Hamilton, Amanda Rine
2nd Place: Plant Your Box. Creators: Kristie Faber, Jacob Stewart, John Dalzotto, Benjamin Borneman. Sponsor: BUS 155
3rd Place and Fan Favorite: Homes for Homeless. Creators: Haley Resosky, Marcos Mendez, Zane Cawley

High School Value

1st Place: Lazy Man. Creators: Blaine Martin, Kyler Tuttle, Robert Martin, Aiden Moore. Sponsor: WCHS Gifted. Commercial Value
2nd Place: Endangered Butterfly Awareness. Creators: Jaden Tretinik, Vivian Greenwood. Sponsor: WCHS Gifted. Artistic Value
3rd Place: Project C. Creators: Benjamin Maxwell, Joe Kirsh, Ferdinand Martinez. Sponsor: WCHS Gifted. Commercial Value
Fan Favorite: Project Desk Lamp. Creators: Duncan Barto, Mason Schroyer, Lillian Greenwood, Lucas Pettit. Sponsor: WCHS Gifted. Commercial Value

Competition Highlights:

This year our finalists were selected by an internal panel of judges from Waynesburg University. The final entries were then reviewed by an external panel of judges.

In total, we received 33 submissions, from 106 students. We also received over 1000 votes, making this competition our largest to date.

Click Here to View the Results of our Fan Favorite Voting

Thank you again to everyone involved in the competition and until next year, happy innovating!

Official Rules

Contestants will have until Thursday, Sept. 22, at 11:59 p.m. to complete the challenge
Students may submit projects individually or in a team:
- Team guidelines: no more than 4 participants per team and teams may include one faculty/staff member
- Sponsoring organizations: departments, schools, dorms, clubs, etc. may sponsor an innovation team. If a team wins the sponsoring organization wins too! Sponsors must be listed on the registration form when the team enters to receive prize winnings
Collaboration is prohibited between separate teams
Multiple prizes will be awarded in several categories

Submission Details

Video submission is required by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22.

To be considered for the competition, all videos must meet the following requirements:

All videos must be between 1.5 to 3 minutes
Includes explanation of innovation (what is it and what does it do?)
Details how innovation was made (Show the innovation from all sides, explain how you made it, and the types of materials you recycled or reused to create it)
Shows value of innovation (purpose, what it would be used for, etc.)
Shows results (has the innovation been deployed/implemented/sold; do you have success stories?)
Registration is now closed for this year's competition

Challenge Information

Award Details

The top teams in several categories will be awarded as follows:

1st Prize

Each Team Member Receives: $100
And the Sponsoring School/Department/Organization Receives: $100

2nd Prize

Each Team Member Receives: $75
And the Sponsoring School/Department/Organization Receives: $75

3rd Prize

Each Team Member Receives: $50
And the Sponsoring School/Department/Organization Receives: $50

Fan Favorite