{"id":1049,"date":"2011-09-15T11:45:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/fyi\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2011-09-15T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:45:41","slug":"miller-12-wins-grant-to-attend-eco-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2011\/09\/15\/miller-12-wins-grant-to-attend-eco-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Miller ’12 to Attend Eco Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wabash senior Adam Miller ’12 has been awarded a grant to attend the Oct. 4-6 SXSW Eco Conference in Austin, Texas. Miller earned the grant with his idea of creating a non-profit business to impact children throughout the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast summer I was awarded the Small Business Internship Fund (SBIF) and interned in Greece with the support of Dr. John Fisher,\u201d Miller said. \u201cDuring my morning walk to work, I routinely passed children playing soccer at an elementary school. Their soccer ball was a pine cone. The experience sparked my interest in developing a sustainable business model which would provide underprivileged children with basic sports equipment.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cWhile working this summer at Paul Newman\u2019s Camp Boggy Creek in Florida I envisioned a unique non-profit business model with the potential to impact many children throughout the world. On September 13,<\/sup> I applied for a grant to attend the inaugural edition of SXSW Eco in Austin, Texas. During Dr. Freeze\u2019s Creative Writing class I received an email congratulating me on being selected to receive an $800 grant to attend the conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

SXSW Eco<\/a> is a three-day conference acknowledging the need for a concerted, cross sector approach to solving recognized sustainability\/environmental challenges.<\/p>\n

SXSW Eco will provide unique networking opportunities and cutting-edge discussion with experienced, passionate, and pragmatic professionals with varied backgrounds from the public, private and academic sectors.<\/p>\n

Just as the SXSW Music, Film and Interactive Conferences & Festivals are an acknowledged annual launching pad for new creative content, SXSW Eco provides a singular atmosphere for fresh approaches to the most pressing challenges of our time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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