Hackathon Winners Announced at Impact Awards

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On October 13 - 14, teams of undergraduate students majoring in business and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) gathered together for a new event at the 2016 National Black MBA Association® National Conference - the 2016 NBMBAA® Hackathon Competition. Their challenge? To provide technology solutions to a business issue and to share ideas.

Teams presented recommendations that included the development of an app, website or PowerPoint presentation. Sponsored by State Farm, the winners competed for prizes that equaled $1,000 per team member for first place, $500 per member for second place and $250 per member for third place.

The winners announced at the NBMBAA® Impact Awards were:

1st place - North Carolina A&T State University
2nd place - Southern University at New Orleans
3rd place - Claflin University

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