What are entrepreneurial and creative endeavors?

Students learn to set their own course by having experiences in early stage start-ups, advancing ideas to solve real world problems, or create artistic, written or performance-based projects. 

DifferenceMakers By the Numbers

  • $5M
    raised by teams
  • 40
    companies formed by teams
  • 11
    Number of teams patents filed or issued

Meet the DifferenceMakers

Team Shared Vision/Vision House smiling with their DifferenceMaker idea poster.
Shared Vision / Vision House
DifferenceMakers

Empowering the filmmakers of tomorrow by educating them through real-world experiences.

Team Share Vision/Vision House will provide opportunities for hands-on technical training, educational courses to improve media literacy skills, and digital resources to help develop creative potential.
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Team Leader, Alexander Frawley, Business Administration student smiling for the camera.
VieVest
DifferenceMakers

VieVest is a creative design that will protect athletes during weight lifting workouts.

“VieVest is a creative design that will protect athletes during weight lifting workouts.”
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Alexander Hoefer, Biomedical Engineering student, and Sanskriti Sharma, Computer Engineering side by side in combined pictures smiling for the camera
Wonder Wheel
DifferenceMakers

Wonder Wheel is a novel device that will aid wheel chair users.

Wonder Wheel is a novel device that will aid wheel chair users.
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Hannah West sharing her idea during one of DifferenceMaker's workshop series.
Living, Green Wall
DifferenceMakers

Vertical green walls reduce carbon dioxide and increase oxygen levels.

Vertical green walls reduce carbon dioxide and increase oxygen levels.
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the team behind InvisaWear
invisaWear
DifferenceMakers

invisaWear is a discrete wearable device that connects to a smart phone that sends an emergency alert to predetermined contacts when the wearer is in need.

We want to make people feel safe at all times.
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