Kent State Mission: Life 2019

Mission: Life 2019 Kent State University

Mission:Life is an international, interdisciplinary competition to address global sustainability issues, while fostering innovative ideas and entrepreneurship that originated in 2012 at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Parana (PUCPR), located in Curitiba in the southern part of Brazil.

The theme of the 2019 competition was Mental Health. The competition is presented at Kent State through a collaboration between the College of Arts & Sciences, Design Innovation Initiative, and LaunchNET.

13 teams presented on Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Team Helping Hand

Team Solitary Confinement

Mind, Body & Soul Food

Young Adult Depression

Well Minded / Medication Malfunction

Anxiety

Mental Health First Aid

Social Anxiety in Young Adolescents

VillAge

African-American Stigma on Mental Health

MindFrame

HelpMeet

Virtual Harmony

2019 Winners

3rd runners up

Mental Health First Aid

Julia Puhalla, Managerial Marketing

Emma Ward, Speech Pathology and Audiology

Kameron Brown, Managerial Marketing

2nd runners up

WellMinded

Hannah Guidosh, Biotechnology

Maria Klingensmith, Integrative Studies

Christina Peyton Laurie, Chemistry

Dmitry Klingensmith

1st runners up

MindFrame

Amy Cox, Geology and Environmental Studies

Audrey Thomas, Fashion Design

Khalil Thompson, Digital Media Production

WINNING TEAM

Virtual Harmony

Alena Miskinis, Music & English

Shadi Kanan, graduate, Nursing

Xiangxu (“Shaun”) Lin, graduate, Computer Science

The winning team will be traveling to Brazil compete in the Mission:Life international finals on November 11.

See all of the event photos here

Appreciate

Credits:

LaunchNET Kent State