Busy Fall Break for UMSI Students

Photo from Joyce Sakata

Fall break means getting ready for midterms for most UMSI students, but it also gave some an opportunity to travel outside of Michigan to experience some great events. A few of our students made their way to the Grace Hopper Celebration in Phoenix, and 35 more made their way to the east coast for the annuual NY Innovation Trek.

Joyce and Michelle made their way to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women In Computing - it is known as the world's largest gathering of women technologists.

If you want a taste of the action at this year's conference you can check out the archived streaming sessions here. 

Photo from Natalie Yee

Our students also went on the NY Innovation Trek and pitched to famed innovative organizations like Twitter, TechStars and StartUp Health, Next Big Sound, New York Public Library, and JSTOR.

If you're interested in catching up on all the sights of the trip check out the UMSI twitter and Facebook and the hash tags ‪#‎umsinytrek‬ and ‪#‎umsiinnovate‬! If you have any questions about this trip or the entrepreneurship program at UMSI please ask!