Clarkson’s partnership with the Pete Conrad Foundation and our role in the Conrad Challenge to build a vibrant pool of high school students interested in sharing their passion for innovation and entrepreneurship has taken off! A summary of the Challenge and our role is at the bottom of this page for those not familiar with this exciting partnership and program! Our immediate need is judges!
Based on international outreach, the Conrad team needs more than 900 online judges of business plans in the categories of: 1) Energy & Environment; 2) Aerospace & Aviation, 3) Cyber-technology & Security; 4) Health & Nutrition; 5) A Smoke Free World and 6) Transforming Education with Technology. This is a great potential pipeline to recruit new Clarkson students as well as build our affiliations with the Foundation! WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO JOIN THE PARTNERSHIP and get a real taste of the next generation’s passions and interests in STEM!
The Conrad Team will be accepting registrations for judges now through December 1, and then when we come back for the new semester — around January 18 — they will send out the packets to the judges who then have 3-4 weeks to complete the judging (all completed online). There will be between 3-5 Teams per judge and each Team takes approximately 45 – 60 minutes each to review, score and provide valuable feedback. This can be done at your leisure within the 3-4 week timeframe and all online!
We encourage you to sign up NOW so you start getting communications from the Conrad Team, start interfacing with students and so the partnership has a solid base of judges moving into the New Year! Thank you again and let me know if you have any questions. Kelly