CAMBRIAN COLLEGE
Cambrian College students earn awards at Cross College Entrepreneurial Challenge in Toronto

It was a successful debut for Cambrian College last month in Toronto at the fourth-annual Cross College Entrepreneurial Challenge.

The challenge featured teams of students from seven colleges. They had 48 hours to present a solution to a real-world challenge faced by three different companies: the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre (Capreol), PitchJams, and Singular Luggage.

Photo: Team Cambrian earned four awards at the recent Cross College Entrepreneurial Challenge. Taking home the Judges' Choice and Client's Choice awards for Best Solution and Best Video in the PitchJam category were (left to right): Minh Cong Nguyen, Fe-eze Anyafulu, and Nicholas Arkuh.

Team Cambrian focused on improving the digital platform, PitchJams, which supports student entrepreneurs and early-stage innovators. The Sudbury group's solution included enhanced user experience design, gamified engagement tools, and personalized journeys.

Team Cambrian swept the PitchJams category, winning the Partner Choice and Judges' Choice awards for both Best Solution and Best Video.

Members of Team Cambrian included Minh Cong Nguyen of Vietnam, a student in Cambrian's AI and Machine Learning and Business Analytics programs; Nicholas Arkuh of Ghana, who is enrolled in Cambrian's Honours Bachelor of Business Administration program, and Fe-eze Anyafulu, who is from Nigeria and a student of the Game Design program.

"This achievement would not have been possible without the incredible support of our professors, who helped us form a team and encouraged us to take part in the competition," says Minh Cong Nguyen.  "My analytical ability to detect and address problems early, combined with Nicholas' exceptional presentation skills and Fe-eze's strong UI/UX design expertise, played a key role in our success. Our team is a great example of how diverse talents can come together through Cambrian College's multidisciplinary programs. This collaboration is what made our success possible."

The team was assisted by Jenna Guse, professor and program coordinator in the Bachelor of Business Administration program, and Farima Miri, a professor and program coordinator of Cambrian's Business Analytics program.

"My role was simply to connect students from different programs and spark collaboration," adds Guse. "In just 48 hours, they combined skills from various domains to create a professional video and a meaningful, real-world solution. I am so proud of their initiative, creativity, and teamwork."

To learn more about Cambrian's programs such as AI and Machine Learning, Business Analytics, Game Design and Honours Bachelor of Business Administration, visit www.cambriancollege.ca/programs.