Has your school registered for the second annual HBCU Battle of the Brains competition to be held in Austin, Texas, March 9–10? If so, a team from your school could win some of the $50,000-plus in college scholarships.
“An indicator of success for us is that all the schools that participated last year are returning,” says Gregory Gibson Jr., founder and executive director of HBCU Battle of the Brains. “And it’s perfect that we have SXSW as a backdrop.
“This year we have more schools registered. Altogether we may have 20 to 25 schools,” Gibson continues. “The goal overall is to create employment and entrepreneurial opportunity that will fit with the companies investing in our competition.”
Exchanging Marching for Coding
Gibson developed Battle of the Brains as a riff off of the classic HBCU Battle of the Bands, a competition of marching bands.
“HBCUs are known for the Battle of the Bands. I’d like them to be known for the Battle of the Brains,” he says.
The competition, whose title sponsor is Home Depot, is unique in that it combines the traditional case competition with a technological component—requiring students to come up with at least one technology solution to the business case, which students learn once they arrive in Austin.
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