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Congratulations Big iDeas Pitch Competition Winners

Yesterday 13 undergraduate teams shared their entrepreneurial visions at the 2025 Big iDeas Pitch Competition. Each team presented an idea inspired by personal experiences or real-world problems, with solutions designed to create impact and change the game.

Congratulations to the winners:

Elevated, Diyaa Shah, Neema Mwangi, and Linh Vu
Impact Threads Apparel, Daniel Kauffman and William Wright
Sanum, Carlos Alvarez Maumejean
HAWTCHA, William Zhao
Grace, Cecilia Tipping
BOOTCAMPUS, Johnna Sterett
MIO, Iyanna Christie
Quoting AI, Holden Price
SunTap, Manuel Albarran

A special thanks to our judges (all SMU alumni!) Josh Baier (TIMIO News), Jasleen Dhillon (Assistant Director, Hunt Institute), and Moe Janmohammad (Adversarial Security Lead, Toyota), as well as the SMU Women’s Innovative Network for their support.

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Connecting Majors to Careers: PBI Campus Collaborations

Meadows business journalism students presenting

The Pathways to Business and Industry (PBI) initiative is working with campus partners to help students explore how their academic interests can translate into careers. These upcoming events reveal how different majors and skills can open doors to a variety of opportunities in the business world. Encourage students who are interested in business but not in the business school to attend. Students can register for events on SMU360.

Business Journalism Alumni Lunch and Learn – Wednesday, Oct. 29 | 12–1 p.m. | HTSC Chamber
Students can hear from SMU alumni who have built careers reporting on markets, companies, and economic trends. Alumni panelists include Elizabeth Guevara (Breaking News Writer for Investopedia), Shelbie Hamilton (Denton County Editor, Community Impact), Connor Pittman (McKinney Editor, Community Impact), and Saniha Aziz (Lead Communications Director, USAA), moderated by Professor Jake Batsell, Chair in Business Journalism.

Introduction to Business Research – Tuesday, Nov. 11 | 11 a.m.–12 p.m. | Fondren Library 109
In collaboration with the Duda Family Business Library, this workshop introduces students to essential business research tools and databases that can support career exploration and professional development.

History in Action: Pathways to Business and Beyond – Wednesday, Nov. 13 | 3–4 p.m. | Virtual
Partnering with the University Advising Center and Department of History, this session highlights how history students translate classroom skills into careers across industries, demonstrating the value of transferable skills in the workplace.