Medicine Hat College

Published by the Administrative Professional Students

Dec 2016

Administrative Office Professional Innovate Tournament

First Place Tournament Winners -Team Thrifty

The Innovate Tournament challenges students with the task of turning

everyday household items into something valuable. This years object
was used clothing; creating useful products from used clothing that
would not be accepted by a thrift store. Student take stained, ripped and
torn clothing and turn it into a usable product. In order to showcase the
innovation, each team produces a 3-minute video on how they created
value using the used clothing. The items the students create are sold or
given away, creating both economic and social value. Moreover, all the
items are reused, keeping them out of the landfill and providing value for
the environment. Monies raised selling their creations are donated to a
charity of the teams choice.
This event helps to create growth and confidence within students, as they
are able to build communication and presenting skills, as well as building
teamwork and cooperation among group members.
-Written by the Administrative Office Professional Students

Second Place Tournament Winners - The Green Giants

Winners of the Administrative Office Professional

Tournament
The Administrative Office Professional Innovate Tournament took place on
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 in the Eresman Theatre. The groups did a fantastic job working together as teams and defining value in their videos. The
winners for this years tournament were: first place Team Thrifty (Kelly
Warkentin, Jayme Rebalkin, Samantha Poch); second place The Green
Giants (Samantha Seavers, Vanessa Heggs, Vishvabir Singh Aneja) third
place - Rags to Rice Bags (Amy Wagner, Madison Scott, Tianna Ternes) and
the Peoples Choice Award went to the Innovators (Marissa Hamill, Cassie
Wilson and Jinhee Kim).

Third Place Tournament Winners - Rags to Rice Bags

All students did an amazing job participating in the tournament. Congratulations to everyone involved and a huge thank you to the judges and the
sponsors. We could not have learned and grown from this experience without the support and feedback from everyone involved.
-Written by the Administrative Office Professional Students

Peoples Choice Tournament Winners - The Innovators

Medicine Hat College

Published by the Administrative Professional Students

Dec 2016

Division of Business & Enterprise Innovate Tournament

First Place Division of Business Innovate Tournament Winners

Team Fur-Ever Beds

Students Raise $2,584.25 for Charity

With incredible determination, the students took their innovations and sold them and raised the significant amount of money of
$2,224.25 for various charities (HALO, Medicine Hat Food Bank,
Medicine Hat Family Services, Salvation Army, Brain/Breast Cancer, Kiva, Medicine Hat Cancer Clinic, Canadian Red Cross,
SPCA, SAMHC and Medicine Hat Hospital Childrens Wing). As
well Team Thrifty and Team Green Giants donated their winning
of $250 raising the overall amount to $2,584.25.

The Business Administration students from MGMT 270 went head to

head with the Administrative Office Professional students from APRO
120 for the Sixth Annual Innovate Tournament hosted at Medicine Hat
College. This tournament was held on October 20, 2016 and displayed
many different projects that showed the students ingenuity and creativity. The students competed for first, second and third place, as well as
the Peoples Choice Award. By the end of the night, one team rose to
the top to claim first place in the neck to neck race for the title. Pencil
cases, rugs, dog toys, headbands, pot holders and dream catchers were
just a few of the incredible projects completed for this tournament. The
winners of the Business Department Innovate Tournament are as follows: first place Fur-Ever Beds (Kristin Reamsbottom, Taylor Bachmeier, Payton Berger, Yujia Liu); second place - JMG (Mike Ward, Ben
Ryu, Jihye An); third place Tie - Team Thrifty (Kelly Warkentin, Jayme
Rebalkin, Samantha Poch); third place tie and peoples choice - Team K9 Twine (Alison Lee, Rachel Illerbrun, Nick Murschell, Qian Xhang,
Summer Davey). Thank you to JMH & Co. for providing $1,100 for the
prize money!
-Written by the Administrative Office Professional Students

-Written by the Administrative Office Professional Students

Division of Business Innovate Tournament Competitors