ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship

2010 John & Mary Pappajohn Entrepreneur Scholarship Program

Now taking applications...

Ten $1,000 scholarships to be awarded to registered Iowa State Junior, Senior, and Graduate students with a demonstrated interest in entrepreneurship! Awards to minority and disadvantaged students are encouraged.

APPLY ONLINE - Click Here

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2010

CRITERIA FOR JUDGING:
Demonstrated Interest in Entrepreneurship
Well Defined Business Concept or Idea
Overall Individual Credentials

Upcoming Events

Feb 12	Entrepreneur Forum: BODYVIZ
Feb 16	ISU Entrepreneur Club Meeting
Feb 23	Patagonia Founder to Speak on Campus
Feb 26	Collegiate Entrepreneur Iowa Conference
Mar 1	2010 John and Mary Pappajohn entrepreneur Scholarship Program deadline

ENTREPRENEUR FORUM: Eliot Winer

UPCOMING ENTREPRENEUR FORUM

February 12th - 12 noon to 1 pm
Memorial Union - Gallery Room

GUEST SPEAKER
Eliot Winer, Co-Founder, BODYVIZ.COM
Grab a sandwich and a soda, and join us for an hour of stimulating discussion about entrepreneurship at the ISU Pappajohn Center Entrepreneur Forum.

Iowa State's Eliot Winer and James Oliver have developed technology that turns flat medical scans into vibrant 3-D images that can be shifted, adjusted, zoomed and replayed at will using an X-Box game controller. The technology is now being marketed and sold by a startup company called BodyViz.com based at Iowa State's CyberInnovation Institute.

"3-D visualization is used all the time. But for the medical field it's a paradigm shift. And once doctors understand the basics of our software, they don't understand how they lived without it." -- Eliot Winer, an Iowa State associate professor of mechanical engineering and an associate director of Iowa State's Virtual Reality Applications

Iowa State University engineers Eliot Winer, left, and James Oliver have developed technology that converts 2-D medical scans into detailed 3-D images that can be used to plan a surgery or teach a lesson in anatomy. They worked with Thom Lobe, a pediatric surgeon based at Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines, to establish a company, BodyViz.com, to market and sell the technology. Photo by Bob Elbert.

Entrepreneur Forums are free and open to the public. Parking available in the Memorial Union Parking Ramp.

Collegiate Entrepreneurs Iowa Conference

Mark your calendars for February 26, 2010 for the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Iowa Conference. This year's CEIC will be held at the North Iowa Area Community College campus in Mason City and will bring together entrepreneurs to share their stories and experiences with students. Attend workshops, listen to keynote speakers, and network with other students and guest speakers. Hear pitches from the finalists of the Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition who will be introduced at the conference and find out who wins the top prizes. This event is FREE for Iowa State students.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: www.niacc.edu/pappajohn
ISU FREE BUS TRANSPORATION: www.isupjcenter.org/programs/ceic

Sponsored by: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO National) and the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers at Iowa State University, University of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, North Iowa Area Community College, and Drake University.