Geography majors, Jamal Covington and Devin Martin, win 1st place in Virtual Hackathon

Charlotte Community Scholars Presentation YouTube video

Geography majors, Jamal Covington and Devin Martin, won an award for their entry into the Virtual Hackathon (apps and games for social good) competition (Click here for website). They created a mobile app this summer for the Charlotte Community Scholars program…..their app will assist CHARP with their efforts to map community assets and challenges and assist with community engagement. Laurie Garo was their project mentor and Janni Sorensen, their community organization mentor. At the end of the scholars program they entered their work into the contest and were selected as one of the winners. The department would like to congratulate these two on a job well done.