{"id":119525,"date":"2024-02-26T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=119525"},"modified":"2024-02-26T08:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:08:55","slug":"feb-29-10-a-m-join-us-for-the-woltemade-big-problem-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/feb-29-10-a-m-join-us-for-the-woltemade-big-problem-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb. 29 @ 10 a.m. &#8211; Join Us for the Woltemade Big Problem Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us at the Woltemade Big Problem Challenge! Watch as teams and individuals compete against peers in various disciplines to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges with the chance to win the $3,000 grand prize!<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/departments-programs\/economics-and-business-department\/the-woltemade-center\/big-problem-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/departments-programs\/economics-and-business-department\/the-woltemade-center\/big-problem-challenge\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709001670555000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3tYo6Q_RUmppasPGpVSDhO\">Woltemade Big Problem Challenge<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nProblem background: The Ohio River is one of the most polluted in the United States, and Lake Erie is also plagued by water-quality issues, including agricultural runoff, harmful algal blooms, invasive species, and mercury. Despite significant efforts by government and nonprofits, the Ohio River and Lake Erie continue to face grave challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge: Individuals and teams will compete by using entrepreneurial thinking to create a plan that could improve water quality in the Ohio River and\/or Lake Erie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competition Date: Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024,<\/strong> 10 a.m. Merrick Hall Room 301. No RSVP required.<br \/>\nFor more details please visit:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/departments-programs\/economics-and-business-department\/the-woltemade-center\/big-problem-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/departments-programs\/economics-and-business-department\/the-woltemade-center\/big-problem-challenge\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709001670555000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3tYo6Q_RUmppasPGpVSDhO\">Woltemade Big Problem Challenge<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: The Woltemade Center<br \/>\nContact: Dana Tuohy at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:wcenter@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wcenter@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us at the Woltemade Big Problem Challenge! Watch as teams and individuals compete against peers in various disciplines to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges with the chance to win the $3,000 grand prize! About the\u00a0Woltemade Big Problem Challenge Problem background: The Ohio River is one of the most polluted in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-owu-connection-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119546,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119525\/revisions\/119546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}