Sponsors like IBM, Elevance Health, Infinera, Northrop Grumman and Fifth Third Bank stood shoulder to shoulder with FIS, Kao, Microsoft, CincyTech and Great American Heritage Group to mentor and challenge the hackers. During the process, students also seized the opportunity to pitch to the companies for coveted co-op positions or full-time offers.
At the end of the adrenaline-fueled event, the weary teams presented their projects to judges, competing for prizes totaling over $20,000 in value.
The “Buycott” team emerged triumphant, not only winning first place overall but also taking top honors in the Social Issues category, garnering awards including an Apple watch, Meta Quest 2, Nintendo Switch, Asus gaming monitor, Arduino starter pack and Astro A50 gaming headset.
Awards were presented to the victors in several sponsored challenge categories, the top three projects in each of…
