Be the Change Student Competition
Talented young minds tackling global health problems
250 students participate in 2012 Be the Change competition
Across Washington state, hundreds of students have proposed their ideas to improve global health in the 2012 Be the Change global health competition. Stretching from Bellingham to Vancouver and Pullman to Seattle, over 250 students submitted proposals in the inaugural year of the contest.
Be the Change invites high school, community college and undergraduate students to create solutions, awareness, and innovation in global health through programmatic tools or heightening public engagement. Teams of three or more students were asked to select a specific global health issue and submit their ideas to solve or alleviate this problem.
Projects range from designing a portable, solar-powered waste water treatment system for low-resource settings to hosting a global health symposium for high school peers to constructing a mobile phone application bringing medical knowledge into the hands of the world’s poorest.
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All
Be the Change participants are invited to
Groundswell: A Night for Global Health on July 14, 2012. Melinda Gates will give the keynote address at this 3,000 person, public event, and the winners of "Be the Change" will be honored onstage.
Semi-finalist student teams created a short video to present their project. Take a look at some of the videos on the
WGHA YouTube channel.
Interested in participating next year? Check out the student page in the fall for 2013 dates and details.
Prizes:
- All semi-finalist teams are invited aboard an Argosy Celebration cruise for the winners announcement
- Honorable Mention teams will receive Mariners tickets and a VIP visits to global health organizations
- Winning teams will receive a cash prize, tickets for an Argosy trip to Tillicum Village, invitation to a VIP reception at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and recognition on stage at Groundswell: A Night for Global Health.