VALDOSTA- VSU enters a new chapter as Donald J. Green has been named the new president of the university, with his term starting in Aug 1st of 2026.

 He has been a vet administrator with the University Systems of Georgia for some time, with a plethora of leadership experience within his portfolio. 

 Coming from a background within higher education, Dr. Green has served as president of Point Park University and currently serves as president of Gordon State College until the fall. 

 Dr. Green achieved many significant milestones while being president of Gordon College, including a 7.5% increase in recruitment from this past spring, along with creating the “Success Plan,” a model used to help keep students on track for graduation. 

 Dr. Green obtained a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Michigan State University, along with a master’s in labor and human resource management from Ohio State University. He later earned a Doctor of Leadership degree from Western Michigan University. 

 Donald J Green will become VSU’s 11th president starting in the fall 

 He also answered an interview question within the VSU’s Communication press release. 

 Dr. Green elaborated on what he is most excited about for the upcoming school year. 

“I’m eager to get to campus,” he said in a VSU press release. “Build strong partnerships with the community and local industries and create new workforce pathways that will help both Blazer Nation and the entire region grow.” 

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A VSU student who is listed as secretary of the Georgia College Republicans and has connections to other collegiate Republican organizations in the state says that racially charged messages that appeared under his name on a local Facebook group were not written by him.  

In late March, The Facebook group Lowndes County Word of Mouth investigated some anonymous posts from a user called CleverLynx7233 that were degrading toward several ethnic groups. 

The Lowndes County Word of Mouth is a private Facebook group where area residents discuss a variety of topics from business to politics to social gatherings. The group has a public page as well.  

The administrators of the group traced the messages to an account associated with Jefferson Davis, a senior political science major who appears on the VSU College Republicans unofficial Instagram account.  

Jenn Farrell, one of six administrators of the Word of Mouth group, contacted Davis to inform him that he was being removed from the group for violating the group’s policies. 

Farrell said the comments in question were posted in the late evening of March 29 and the early morning of March 30. These comments included insensitive remarks about Mexicans, African Americans, and people with disabilities. The comments included several in response to other users disputing his opinions and statements.  

Davis denied that he wrote the posts.  

“People besides myself have had access to my social media logins,” he said. “This issue has been resolved.” 

Farrell said this is not the first time users have had to be removed from the site due to inacceptable posts.  

“We have most definitely removed others for similar behavior to what (Davis) did,” she said.  

Farrell has a post on her public Facebook page that explicitly shows the comments attributed to Davis’s account.  

Davis is listed as the secretary on the website of the Georgia College Republicans and  second vice chairman on the website of the South West Georgia Young Republicans. 

A September Facebook post from the Lowndes County GA GOP as well as an August Instagram post from the South West Georgia Young Republicans list Davis as the chairman of the VSU College Republicans. Davis also appears as a member on the website of the Delta Rho chapter of the fraternity Kappa Alpha Order at VSU. 

The VSU College Republicans don’t exist on Blazer Link, the website students use to find and join organizations on campus.  

The group does have a semi-active Instagram account that reposts content from other collegiate Republican groups. The last post of the account that was entirely its own is a September post about a vigil to honor Charlie Kirk, the late founder of Turning Point USA, outside of West Hall. Videos on that post show Davis giving a speech at the gathering. 

The South West Georgia Young Republicans and the Georgia College Republicans did not respond to request for comment. Davis did not respond to subsequent requests for comment after his initial denial.  

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You are not as good at rhythm games as you think you are.   

Welcome to another entry in Games for the Broke College Student. This time we’re looking at Hi-Fi RUSH, a game where a nerd tries to live out his dreams of becoming a rock star and stumbles his way through the big boss that is capitalism.  

This game is another that’s free on Xbox Game Pass (but $30 for the standard edition on most other platforms), and unlike the previous game I reviewed, it’s not a 60-hour-long venture just to beat the game. This one’s short, sweet, and really leans into the colorful comic-book aesthetic. Here’s my review of it, with as few spoilers as I can possibly use. 

The world of Hi-Fi RUSH just breathes music and brims with detail. It’s a cool combination of rock themes (and rock bangers), heavily saturated colors, and a futuristic tech-y atmosphere—you’re in a factory of sorts, and each stage is a different sector of the factory. 

You see robots everywhere; they’re funny and even human-like in some situations. They provide their own banter, complain about their greedy, self-centered bosses, and some have short and funny side quests that you can do. The narrative is fun, and it’s easy to become invested in the goofy story of Chai and the ragtag group of rebels he bands together with (who all have more brain cells than he does). 

The story is a take on a capitalist dystopia that’s somehow foiled in a bright “power of friendship” way. As mentioned before, you’re in a factory of sorts, and you’re one of the only actual flesh-and-blood people in the majority of the area. The antagonist is a corporation who exploits their robot workers to the limits and then beyond in the name of profit. 

 Their conditions are all the same you’d see in a typical big corporation, but pushed to comedic extremes (think 30-minute breaks shortened to a 30-second break, paired with played-up propaganda HR marketing throughout, or bots diverting movement power from their legs to keep up with their boss and his demands to keep programming more robots).  

As you are one of the only people, most enemies in the game are machines. Once you get past the harsher gameplay, it’s a bit satisfying to get combos and see gears fly. 

Everything in the game (mostly) is rhythm-based, and you must stay on beat in every situation. If you’re even the slightest bit offbeat (or god forbid you’re just plain lacking in rhythm like I am), you’ll struggle. A lot.  

To give the game credit, it does hold your hand a bit, and you can toggle certain settings to make the rhythm part easier. I am still very bad at it even with a handicap, I fear, and not even the great characters can save the game from my ire at the annoying gameplay.  

It’s not just the combat that’s on beat, either; the movement of the overworld itself, any puzzles, and even getting through those puzzles (you can see where my ire comes from, because the puzzles aren’t even that hard) are all to the beat of the soundtrack. 

The story is great, though, and if you want to try it or see if you’re better than me at rhythm games, I recommend you give it a go. I give the story a 7/10 (the game’s one saving grace, for me), and the gameplay a 4/10. Combined, the game is an average of 5/10. 

(Don’t take any of my ratings as the end-all, be-all, though. If you’re interested in colorful gameplay and music, you should play it.) 

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On the afternoon of Feb. 26, a group of students gathered in front of the dining hall with signs in hand and a speaker at the ready. 

 They all shared the mindset that negativity had been given too much of a pedestal in the country recently and wanted to counterbalance it with peace and acceptance. According to them, hate has no place on campus — and they wanted to make sure that VSU students and faculty knew this too, even if they had to weather mean looks from passersby. 

Jordyn Davis, a sophomore American Sign Language major, said many things inspired her to take to the grass in front of Palms.  

“I feel like with everything going on in our country, the most that we need to see right now is love and strength,” she said. “The best way to do that is to just peacefully protest and to try and spread kindness that way.”

A booth had been set up just off the sidewalk by Turning Point USA, a nonprofit that advocates conservative politics on collegiate and high school campuses. With both the right-wing displays (the TPUSA booths this year, as well as the man with the sign who loudly proclaimed everyone, particularly those who would not be approved by typical conservatives, were going to hell) happening on VSU grounds recently, as well as the current global climate, Davis and friends felt the need to speak up with opposing ideals. The showing was unplanned and unorganized — Davis saw the Turning Point USA booth and soon came back with a sign.  

“Whenever I would see booths like this on campus or out in the open, I would just wish somebody was out there spreading peace, love, and kindness for other communities. I just want to be the change I hope to see,” Davis said.  

Soon she brought friends, a speaker, and more cardboard.  

They didn’t want to take things sitting down, but neither did they want to be violent and draw negative attention to the cause. People weren’t angry enough about what was happening, she says, and hurtful rhetoric shouldn’t continue down the path it’s heading down.  

As the campus is so diverse, Davis felt that students should keep in mind that their peers could be members of the communities possibly impacted by hate. 

Despite any fears the apprehension Davis and her friends may have felt, they stood up for what they believed in. They want more VSU students to not be afraid of doing the same, no matter what judgment they may attract.  

“Always remember what America’s actually about,” Davis said. “Diversity. It’s supposed to be filled with culture and different people.” 

The man associated with the Turning Point booth declined to comment, and the other students associated with the demonstration wished to remain anonymous. 

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 VALDOSTA, Ga. – It’s time to turn over a new leaf, as VSU’s communication program will be leaving the College of the Arts starting in the fall of 2026 to join the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 

 The program will be joining the Department of English for the creation of the new department called Communication and English. 

 The present department of communications will evolve into the department of theater, dance, and media, along with journalism, joining the mass media program.  

 The Dean of The College of Arts, Dr. Nicole Cox, elaborated on the department changes taking place.  

 “This has been a conversation for three years, but they were just conversations that never really came to fruition,” said Dr. Cox. “We started having a more earnest conversation about this last spring, and we got together to make some committees for faculty to see what this potentially would look like.” 

 Dr. Cox explained whether students within the communications or English department will or will not be affected by the combining of the two departments.  

 “The students will be fine, that is in all our conversations, in any type of curriculum change,” said Dr. Cox. “ If everything goes smoothly going forward, (the new degree) won’t go into effect until the fall of 2027.” 

 “We have students who are more at the beginning of their college journey, so we created what are called crosswalks,” said Dr. Cox. “Which are basically maps, for those who are under the old curriculum, this is how thatwill transfer into the new classes.” 

 “If there are old classes that we no longer offer but were a part of their required curriculum, we come up with replacements, so that there is a plan for everybody regardless of where they fall within this whole transition,” said Dr. Cox. 

 Dr. Cox also confirmed multiple other changes taking place within the College of the Arts as the theater program will be moving over to the new performing arts center. A group portion of art and design will eventually move from the University Center into the Fine Arts Building.  

 Starting in the fall of 2026, all communication classes will be held in West Hall.  

 Communications Graduate Coordinator and Assistant Professor Dr. Arrington Stoll explained how communications is getting ready for the changes taking place within the program. 

 “ I think communication fits really nicely within the humanities and social sciences, so I don’t think it will be a problem at all,” said Dr. Stoll. “ It will bring about new opportunities for students as far as, funding additionalgrants and traditional communication is in the social sciences.” 

 Dr. Stoll also elaborated on how the communications graduate program is going to look in fall. 

 “I’ve been told that there will be no changes to the grad program. There won’t be any changes for students regarding our four plus one program or the draft admission,” said Dr. Stoll. “To my knowledge, everything will stay the same for the grad program; the merger has no effect on the grad program.” 

 She also explained what everything will look like for current students in the undergraduate degree. 

 “As far as the undergraduate degree, the only difference for them is that they will be taking classes in West Hall,” said Dr. Stoll. “It’s the exact same just a different location.” 

 Dr. Stoll joked about trying to hopefully find a parking spot near West Hall in the fall. 

“We will still be teaching the same stuff next semester. Were going to have a little more difficulty finding parking,” she said. 

 Dr. Stoll explained what will be happening with the communication and mass media’s honor society, Lambda Pi Eta.  

 “So this is still up in the air, but as far as Lambda, the organization is still going to be there and functioning; the only difference is that it’s going to take more work from yours truly,” said Dr. Stoll. “Just have to calculate the GPA requirements for communication and mass media classes.” 

 Dr. James LaPlant, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, elaborated on his process with the merging taking place. 

 “In my first couple of years as dean, psychology moved from the College of Education and Human Services into the College of Humanities and Social Science,” said Dr. LaPlant. “The Comm and English merger is a bit more complicated because communication is in a multidisciplinary department, but as it comes to us, it’s not its own department. It will essentially be part of English.” 

 Dr. LaPlant also elaborated on what he’s hoping for with this merger. 

 “We have fabulous faculty in communications and English, so what I’m hoping is that there will be opportunities to develop new courses together,” said Dr. LaPlant. “Maybe even co-teach classes, which we have not done a lot of at Valdosta State.” 

 “So, comm is moving into West Hall classrooms and Ashley Hall offices, but I’m hoping that beyond that move, there are opportunities for collaboration on doing research, mentoring students, and scholarships,” said Dr. LaPlant. 

 Dr. LaPlant explained more about this matter. 

 “Communication, given the cool diversity of research in communication, I think there are opportunities for communication to connect with the social science disciplines within our college,” said Dr. LaPlant. “They’re apart of a department with English, but also I think communications could have some really cool opportunities to work with political science and psychology and that’s the stuff that’s super exciting.” 

 Dr. LaPlant explained what will come in Fall of 2027. 

 “ In the fall of 2027, what we hope to roll out is a joint bachelor’s degree in communication and English,” said Dr. LaPlant. “So if your friend starts fall of next year, she or he would pursue a bachelor’s in communication and English.” 

 “Starting fall of next year, the standalone B.A. in English would not be available for new students, same for the standalone B.A, in communication,” said Dr. LaPlant. “That should work smoothly because they are new to the university, and we would have told them at orientation.” 

 He also specified that current students won’t be affected, just the new incoming students starting next fall. 

 Dr. LaPlant also explained why the merging of the two departments is happening now. 

 “The discussion with the two departments coming together was a recent conversation that happened last year,” said Dr. LaPlant. “Part of the challenge with the pandemic is that we have seen a dramatic decline in enrollment in Humanities and even Social Sciences to some degree.” 

 “So, students pursuing English and journalism, we have also seen a decline in students seeking those degrees, and we have also seen a decline in students pursuing a communication degree,” said Dr. LaPlant. “My view is that we’re stronger together, so this predates the pandemic, but again, accelerated declining enrollments within the humanities and social sciences.” 

 Dr. LaPlant elaborated on more information. 

 “That is what really helped to reciprocate the conversation,” said Dr. LaPlant. “So, as we look at declining enrollment in some areas, how can we bring the degrees together and do some really innovative, cool stuff that also meets the career needs of students?”  

Dr. LaPlant expressed his excitement for what’s to come. 

 “Journalism becoming part of mass media in the College of the Arts, and communication joining together with English in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, creating some really cool synergies and innovations, and best prepares our students.” 

 These plans will go into effect starting on July 1. 

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The NBA tried its hardest to preserve the value of major awards by adding a new rule: the 65-game rule. Instead, it created new inequities across the league. 

This season, the players who clearly delivered great All-NBA level production found themselves on the outside looking in and not because of performance, but because of a rigid cutoff that doesn’t account for context.  

On the surface, the rule makes sense, as someone who only played at high level for 50 games shouldn’t be treated same as someone played at a high level for 65. But there should be some caveat, because players have reached more than 60 games and still could not qualify for honors that they deserved. 

Anthony Edwards is one of the clearest examples. He put together a dominant season on both ends of the floor, this being his best season. He averaged 28.8 points per game, five rebounds and 1.4 steals, shooting 48.9% from the field and nearly 40% from three. He carried his team to make the playoffs, but when he got hit with an injury, he missed the threshold for awards.  

Certain players, like Cade Cunningham and Luka Doncic, got the “extraordinary circumstances” exception, which allows them to still be eligible for awards due to uncontrollable reasons. Edwards did not get that same consideration.  

The rule hits veterans like LeBron James, who played at an elite level at 41 years old, averaging 21 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 7.2 assists per game, He reached 60 games this season, but these rules no longer have room to consider the context from the age and the value that he brings.  

These honors are not just about the prestige, of being the greatest of all-time but All-NBA selections can determine whether a player earns max contracts or even qualify for a supermax contract, so just missing a few games can affect a player’s salary by tens of millions of dollars.  

Even the players who show up every game aren’t even guaranteed eligibility. Bruce Brown and 17 other players played all 82 games of the season, which isn’t an easy feat yet still failed to qualify because of the league’s minimum minutes requirement. When a player can be available for every game and still not be considered for any awards, then it’s a sign of the system being too rigid. 

The NBA tried hard to want consistency, instead it made a rule sidelining deserving players and reshaping their careers and honors. 

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 Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream released its demo maybe a few weeks before it released the actual game, and fortunately for me, I didn’t have to shell out on a Switch 2 to play it. 

Welcome back to another entry in Games for the Broke College Student, where I’m looking at something different.  

If you’ve been on the internet recently, you’ve definitely heard about the new Tomodachi Life game that came out recently (and have thought “maybe I can make my Gojo yumeship a reality?” or whatever people think of these days). The full game costs about $60, so while I won’t be covering my impression on that, I will be doing one on the demo.  

To be fair, $60 is only a low number when considering the $80 for Nintendo’s digital games and the $90 for physical games. None of those are reasonably priced enough for me to excuse my way out of, though — Metaphor: ReFantazio was $60, as amazing as it is, but at least it’s free on Game Pass. 

My first impressions were interesting. The UI is cool, and the game wants you to be sort of immersed in it, so they try to get you to match it up to the real world with time, region, and currency. The island itself is way more blocky than I remember the original Tomodachi Life being (yes I am a veteran, sue me), but I like that they’ve moved away from a big apartment complex and sort of made a residential block for all the Miis. Soon Yamama Island was established, and I invited its first resident. You can actually go full Animal Crossing: New Horizons and terraform the island in the full game, but in the demo customization is restricted. 

I’ve got to take a moment here to explain just how detailed the customization is — if you thought the Switch port of Miitopia was cool, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is something else. Just the number of hairstyles and colors offered was enough to surprise me. You can make your own custom hairstyles by pairing bangs and backs together, and you can also just completely draw on the Mii’s face (hope you have a stylus and a good eye for curves, because the pixels won’t quite stay the same between the drawing screen and on the actual face). It’s still amazing, and it took me way too long to make one Mii because I was a bit of a perfectionist on the drawing part. The “get help” option was a great crutch until I got the hang of it. 

The island is fairly limited with what you can do (obviously), but for what it is worth, I had fun. I’m upset at certain things that were lost from the original game, but the full game promises quite a few hours of fun and chaos.  

A moment of silence for the players who are forever stuck with lobotomiis telling them to get the full game. 

In all, I’d rate the demo a solid 6/10. It’s great, though way too short. 

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On April 14 and 15, the VSU Debate Team competed in the Regents Cup Tournament in Columbus, Georgia, winning first place in individual debate. 

VSU received three awards in the competition. The school tied for second place in the overall competition; Cassandra Ayers, a sophomore communications major, won first place as Individual Debate Champion; and Ava Peeples won second place for Individual Novice Debater.  

Competitors from all over Georgia participated in the Regents Cup, which included 16 schools, such as Columbus State University, University of Georgia, Kennesaw State University, and more.  

During the event, competitors received a topic and were given 30 minutes to research and prepare their arguments, after which they took to the stage to present. 

The topics for the competition were varied, including debates about the effect Artificial Intelligence on education, public opinions of Kanye West, and whether universities in Georgia should switch to a 90-credit bachelor’s degree program, which was the topic for the final round of the competition. 

Ayers expressed feeling very stressed over the final round of the competition due to facing technical issues at the event. 

“They told us to go to room 217 to prep, but the room did not exist,” she said. “We couldn’t find the room, so we prepped on the stairs.” 

According to Ayers, she and the team’s assistant coach, Olivia Jenkins, spent 15 minutes looking for the assigned room before deciding to do their research on the stairs, which made Ayers nervous about her argument. 

Regardless, Ayers’ team felt confident about the quality of her argument, and they were looking forward to the results. 

VSU Communications Professor and Debate Team Coach Michael Eaves said that as he listened to Ayers’ final argument against a student from the University of West Georgia, he became prouder and more certain of her success. 

“The president of VSU was sitting beside me for the entire debate,” said Eaves. “The president leans over and whispers in my ear, ‘I think that West Georgia Boy is in trouble,’ and he’s a Texan, he said it as only a Texan can say. And I say, ‘I think you’re right, sir.’” 

As the overall individual debate champion, Ayers won a $3,000 award in the competition, and the team expressed their joy at being able to participate in the competition. 

“I felt a sense of overwhelming achievement,” said Peeples. “I loved the sense of companionship that this team has given me. I feel that this is really my second family.”

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VALDOSTA, Ga. – Wild Adventures theme park brought back its “VSU Day” on April 25, 2026 after a two-year hiatus. On these days, students can use their One Cards to get free admission and 30% off of all park dining. The park saw about 900 students.

As a Florida resident, I’m spoiled by the endless thrills offered to me by Universal Studios and Disney World. A small-town theme park was not filling me with anticipatory excitement. I was picturing one roller coaster, a few kiddie rides, and a ton of merchandise or food stalls.

And yet, Wild Adventures proved me wrong. I was pleased by the amount of attractions available for all age groups. The park wasn’t stuffed to the brim with pathetic cash-grabs, and I was greatly impressed by the cleanliness of the grounds and the friendliness of the staff.

There was a decent selection of attractions that I classified as “thrill” rides. This classification was for rides with a 46” minimum height requirement. I was able to ride all of them except for The Boomerang, Pharaoh’s Fury, and VSU Blastoff, as it had started to rain halfway through the day, causing shutdowns.

I have ranked these thrill rides from least enjoyable to most enjoyable, providing a “scream ranking” for each one.

#6 – Marsh Mayhem (1/10)

Scream Ranking: 10/10 (If you count screams of pain and torment).

Image source: Brendan Carey on Youtube

This was singlehandedly the worst theme park ride that I have ever set foot on. You are sat into a four-person cart, yet only allowed to squeeze in the tiny space allotted for one rider, despite the lap bar going all the way across both seats. The track takes you to a decent height above the park before slamming you against the side of your ride vehicle. The ride is famous for its sharp-turning track. Each curve sends your lap bar into your abdomen, your thighs and hips smacking against the side, and your stomach churning. If you are someone who carries weight in your lower body, I would NOT recommend riding this attraction. Granted, the singular drop in the ride was thrilling, so I’ll grant it one pity point in recompense.

#5 Twisted Typhoon (3/10)

Scream Ranking: 10/10 (Screams of terror, mainly.)

Image Source: The Coaster Kings website

My favorite ride at Disney World is Rock N’ Rollercoaster, so I figured that this ride would be so much fun with the loops and corkscrews. Sweet Jesus in the garden, was I ever WRONG. The ride was far too fast to be enjoyable — I’m talking beyond ludicrous speed. Before you could even change your mind about riding this beast, you were already too far gone. I find it imperative to talk about what happens to your head during this ride. If it isn’t forced downward by the rapid drops and speed, it’s slammed against your shoulder restraint during the sudden loops and turns. The thrill factor is what gives this ride its ranking. I really did love the corkscrew section (mainly because my ear was flat against the restraint, and I

could enjoy the ride for about six seconds). I was audibly telling this coaster that I “was done” about ten seconds before the ride ended. One and done for me.

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On April 17, the J. Donald Lee Center for Entrepreneurship hosted their annual Business Plan Competition Final Pitch at Pound Hall Auditorium, where student finalists presented their final pitch to the judges.  

Students were to be registered for this competition back in February, when they submitted their executive summaries and registered to participate. Semi finalists were notified on March 1 and given information regarding the requirements of the full business plan.  

Over a couple of months, eight finalists were selected on March 30 to present to the judges. 

VSU Management Professor and J. Donald Lee Center Director Dr. Byeonghwa Park explained the aim of the competition. 

“The competition at its core is an experiential learning opportunity,” he said. “So, students don’t just submit ideas on paper. They go through a structured process where students research a problem, develop a solution, think through the market, and then eventually present that idea to a group of judges at the final stage.” 

This competition is meant to nurture the entrepreneurship spirit within students and give them an opportunity to not just receive feedback from the knowledgeable judges but also receive up to $20,000 in total cash prizes.  

The event started with opening remarks given by Dean of the College of Business, Dr. Guclu Atinc and Professor of Marketing Amy Watson,  followed by eight presentations, each given equal time to present and receive questions and feedback from the judges.  

In third place was She Means Brand, a woman-owned marketing agency built to drive growth to local businesses and strengthen the community that they serve. This presentation was delivered by Nicole Taylor and Ashlin Meadows.  

In second place was SaludYa, a business created by John Barbosa with the goal of helping doctors in Columbia.  

In first place was Jfleming.StudioWorkshop, which is a company that produces accessible clothing for people with disabilities and limited mobility.  

During his presentation, first-place winner Jeffrey Fleming said, “Competitors can copy product, but they cannot copy our story, network, or founder.” 

Fleming got the idea to create this company from his father, a disabled veteran who struggles to find stylish clothing that also fits his accessibility needs.  

“This is my passion, students raising the bar, please take the next step!”  Judge and Professor of Management Dr. Mary B. Rousseau said, “ I’d like each of you to know that if you are serious about your business and would like coaching to take that deeper dive and ask the questions, I will hear, and that is something I love to do.” 

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