The 2023 Global Student Challenge was the most competitive to date! We are grateful for everyone’s participation and support, impressed by the excellent projects, and very proud of our 2023 winners.
Bachelor's Challenge Winners
1st Place: Strawire (EDEM, Spain)
2nd Place: Glassee's (AUM, Kuwait)
3rd Place: BioAllpa (UDEP, Peru)
Master's Challenge Winners
1st Place: CapiPro (Nord, Norway)
2nd Place: Drop Up (UDD, Chile)
Learn more about the Challenge and winners on the Member portal.
2023: ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING YEAR
2600 Students
730 Projects
25 Schools
18 Countries
MAKING A BIG IMPACT: Since it was launched in 2018, the Student Challenge has engaged 6000 students at 34 member schools in 23 countries, resulting in 1600 projects addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
THANK YOU, SOCIAL IMPACT PATRONS
In addition to a scholarship to attend Babson Build, this year's winners will also receive cash prizes made possible by the generosity of Student Challenge Social Impact Patrons,Ramón Mendiola Sánchez and Sage Business. Patrons have a shared belief in, and commitment to, the UN SDGs and they are delighted to help our winners to take their concept to the next level.
MEMBER NEWS
WELCOME, NEW MEMBER
Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)(Dominican Republic) is a private institution in Santo Domingo that is committed to public service and the social transformation of the country. INTEC is recognized for innovation and exceptional academic offerings in engineering, business, health, environmental and social sciences, and the humanities.
Welcome, Collaborative ChampionsHeidi Sanchez and Manuel Peña and the rest of the INTEC community.
COLLABORATIVE CONNECTOR HELD IN D.C.
At the recent NAFSA: Association of International Educators annual conference in Washington D.C., we held our first Collaborative Connector, a networking event for conference attendees from Collaborative member institutions. We hope to hold more Collaborative Connectors at other professional conferences and meetings this coming year.
UPCOMING DEADLINE
APPLY TO BE A VISITING SCHOLAR
Annually, two educators from Babson Collaborative member schools will be invited to join Babson College as a Babson Collaborative visiting scholar. The deadline to be a 2024 Visiting Scholar is July 15, 2023. Learn more here.
Marcelo is Associate Dean of International Affairs and Research atEAE Business School(Spain). He is a member of the Collaborative advisory board, founder of the Collaborative research group, and co-chair of the new member interest group (MIG) for international affairs leaders.
