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Big ideas wanted. Every year in the Freirich Business Plan Competition, students pitch their startups to industry leaders for cash investments to help get their enterprises off the ground. The contest was founded in 2010 to foster creativity and give entrepreneurial students a chance to follow their passions. Since then, more than 300 students with 175 different business plans have entered, and it’s now one of the nation’s top annual competitions. Weston Stewart-Tennes took home the top prize in 2017 with $20,000 in cash and consulting services for his start-up. WHAT’S DIFFERENT FIND YOUR OCUS 8 Explore everything Freirich, from videos to the in-depth relationships between ment ors and students, at: SK I DMO. RE / FRE I R I CH The ability to tell an evidence-based story in a clear, creative, and compelling way has never been more important or accessible. Melding students’ passions and pursuits with the traditions and techniques of documentary storytelling, the John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative (MDOCS challenges and inspires Skidmore’s student documentarians to shape the future through hands-on work. As a first-year English major, Emily Rizzo discovered MDOCS Storytellers’ Institute and soon found the opportunity to merge her writing, filmmaking, and audio recording interests to reflect her work in social justice. Her finished project was a mixed-media piece that explored privilege and the influence of race in intergroup relations. In 2017, Emily (above left) continued her explorations in storytelling as she traveled abroad to South Africa and interned with the award-winning Big World Cinema company. ""I developed my storytelling skills, learned the ins and outs of producing social justice films and the small details of post-production,” Emily reports. What’s your story? SK I DMO. RE / MDOCS