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Hackathon 4 was on Friday, May 3, 2019: 8:30am to 5:00pm in the Memorial Union Horizon Room.
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Congratulations to Kegan Sims and Kelly Holcomb from University Marketing on their Grand Prize win with their new digital workflow experience for model release forms and comprehensive web analytics dashboard!
Team: Ben Wessel, Heather Riney, Dan Hough, and Hector Trujillo
Project: New employee onboarding/systems access request.
Team: Erin Mulvey, Kerry Thomas, Neal Blackburn, and Jensen Woods
Project: Interactive first year student transitions campaign.
Team: Lucas Turpin, Angela O'Neal, Sara Monk, Dan Goodwin, Robin Castle, and Michael Stuckart
Project: Software.oregonstate.edu application directory website.
At a hackathon, small teams build something new to solve a problem, and then share it with the community. It’s a contest in which the best ideas win.
Although hacking has a reputation for being a criminal activity, that’s not what a hackathon is about at all. Instead, a hackathon gets to the original roots of hacking -- solving a problem through “playful cleverness” or overcoming challenges by exploring new limits and boundaries.
We think that participants in the event will enjoy the chance to meet new people, share their wild ideas and have an opportunity to impact the OSU community in a positive, innovative way. From OSU’s perspective, this is a chance to foster innovation and collaboration, create and strengthen cross-organizational relationships and have fun.
In order to leave time for presentations at the end, we ask that you be finished and ready to present at 3:30pm on the day of the event. In the interest of good sportsmanship, it is important that you also not begin work on your project in earnest until hacking begins at about 9am.
Participants can join the Hackathon solo, or with a group. We are pretty flexible on team size, but generally reccomend 3-6 people. However, your project may have unique needs!
The hackathon enables you to work on projects that you wouldn't normally get to work on. Projects should be close to you and your work, but could affect many people at OSU. Still struggling to find the perfect project for your team?
See the winners from last year's Hackathon
Save the date! Talk to your supervisor about the event and get their permission to participate. Start planning your efforts. Brainstorm ideas. Talk to others and form a team.
Work with people you don’t usually work with. Build something. Solve a problem. Share it with the room. It’s a lot of work, but also a lot of fun.
You must be employed at Oregon State University. Student employees are eligible, but we ask that every team has at least one full-time employee. You are responsible for securing permission to attend from your supervisor.
Cheer on and support your team members and the other teams. Everyone is here to do something awesome. While not everything created today may be something you’ll ever use, everyone is working to improve OSU. We all rock.
A hackathon is all about creative collaboration. Work with your team of 3-6 to bring your big idea to life.
Everyone will start working on their projects at the hackathon when we announce it’s time to begin. However, it’s a good idea to have an idea for your project and have already thought about how you want to carry it out. Your team can meet and discuss the project before the hackathon, but the actual work needs to wait until we give the go-ahead.
At the end of the day, each team will present what they’ve worked on to the panel of judges and the rest of the teams. These presentations are meant to be quick, so keep yours to five minutes or less. Presentations that go over may be cut off.
This is an all day event that could get pretty intense. Make sure you stay hydrated, take breaks as needed, remember to eat and generally take care of yourself.
Whether it’s something that will affect just a small group, or something that touches everyone who works and studies here, the projects in this hackathon are intended to improve some aspect of being at OSU. All submissions remain the intellectual property of the university.
Only use content and code you have the right to use. Avoid harmful code of any sort.
