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As part of his visit to Elon's campus for Fall Convocation on Friday, Sept. 29, entrepreneur and star of the ABC hit "Shark Tank" Daymond John fielded business pitches from four Elon students.

Satko's �þ��� Conscious system, recycling plastic bottles into 3D printing filament linked to an online rewards app, won this year's Elon Innovation Challenge.

Maker Takeover is the Maker Hub’s largest annual celebration that brings students, staff and faculty together to showcase their creative projects.

Reno, the founder of Feather and investor at 645 Ventures, is the first of Elon's alumni to receive this honor.

Alyssa Martina, director of the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is the first recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation’s  Engaged Faculty & Staff Award, established this year to recognize “extraordinary engagement in Sullivan Foundation programming.”

Reno, founder and CEO of Feather, will be presented with the �þ��� Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership on Tuesday, April 4.

Six students from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business finished third this winter in a regional �þ��� bracket of the 2023 Venture Capital Investment Competition hosted by James Madison University.

Led by Alyssa Martina, faculty member and director of the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, the program met with more than 30 companies during a three-week span.

Thanks to a cross-campus collaboration, School of Communications students Ian Myers ’23, Melanie Meisner ’23 and Elizabeth Daria ’23 designed a digital billboard for the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation and its charitable initiative, Journey for the Living.

Joshua Mason ’24, Emmet Owen ’24, Ashley Josey ’25, Eddie Keefe ’25, Nathaniel Lerman ’25 and TJ Mathis ’25 will work to increase Elon campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking.