Members of the Enactus Windsor delegation pose with their award. From left: Aneesha Bhullar, Deema Boji, Kent Walker, Brinda Joseph Benher, Gabriel Safieddine, Nathaniel Pozzuoli, Jaden Davidson, Jack Cooney, and Alexandria MacLellan.
From May 14 to 16, the University of Windsor Enactus team joined 49 other teams from institutions across Canada in Toronto to showcase the social, environmental, and economic entrepreneurship solutions they developed.
The UWindsor team successfully advanced to the semi-final round of the competition with 19 other teams.
Enactus Windsor is a student-run non-profit organization supported by the Odette School of Business which aims to provide experiential learning for students as they identify needs and solve problems in the local community through social entrepreneurship ventures.
Faculty advisor Kent Walker, a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Odette School of Business, received the John Dobson Faculty Award for making a significant difference to the team and its performance as a new faculty representative for Enactus.
“Our students put in dozens of hours preparing their 12-minute presentation on projects they’ve been working on for years,” he said. “I’m extremely proud of the students, their hard work, and how well they represented the University of Windsor at a national level.”
Odette School of Business interim dean Ashish Mahajan said the faculty is proud to support the entrepreneurial work the Enactus Windsor team does to benefit the local community.
“We are pleased to see the work they do recognized nationally.”
The team also received support from Windsor Family Credit Union.