{"id":961,"date":"2019-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:10:16","slug":"sparkathon-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparkathon 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11819\" src=\"https:\/\/116pj32y74561vo7g8uatzh1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/1-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11819\" data-link=\"https:\/\/creativity.claremont.edu\/?attachment_id=11819\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11820\" src=\"https:\/\/116pj32y74561vo7g8uatzh1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/2-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11820\" data-link=\"https:\/\/creativity.claremont.edu\/?attachment_id=11820\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11821\" src=\"https:\/\/116pj32y74561vo7g8uatzh1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/3-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11821\" data-link=\"https:\/\/creativity.claremont.edu\/?attachment_id=11821\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11822\" src=\"https:\/\/116pj32y74561vo7g8uatzh1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/4-1030x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11822\" data-link=\"https:\/\/creativity.claremont.edu\/?attachment_id=11822\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11823\" src=\"https:\/\/116pj32y74561vo7g8uatzh1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/6-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11823\" data-link=\"https:\/\/creativity.claremont.edu\/?attachment_id=11823\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There are not many opportunities at The Claremont Colleges to leave thoughts of schoolwork and extracurriculars behind to instead focus on urgent problems facing the world today. However, this is remedied through Sparkathon, a bi-annual design thinking case competition that provides a unique opportunity to do so. At Sparkathon, students from The Claremont Colleges and other local colleges have the chance to use human-centered design, a process that focuses on ideation and user empathy, to work together to propose solutions to some of these global issues. In the past, Sparkathon has tackled hiring biases that stem from using artificial intelligence, and homelessness. In past years, students have credited Sparkathon with \u201copening their eyes to human-centered thinking and emphasizing that the most important part of any product is the humans using them.\u201d Sparkathon will allow students to learn more about entrepreneurship, network with a panel of judges from the industry, and most importantly, work in interdisciplinary teams to learn to use design thinking to effectively make a difference. At the end of the competition, all participants will submit a PowerPoint presentation and a two-minute video to submit for judging.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Check out the Sparkathon website (link to:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparkathon.org\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.sparkathon.org\/news<\/a>) to see what issues you can help remedy next! Sparkathon, sponsored by Google and BCG Digital Ventures, and hosted by Pomona Ventures and the Hive, will take place at Edmunds Ballroom on April 6th, 2019. There will be $3,000 worth of prizes, free lunch and dinner, and opportunities to speak with mentors and recruiters from Google and BCG Digital Ventures.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are not many opportunities at The Claremont Colleges to leave thoughts of schoolwork and extracurriculars behind to instead focus on urgent problems facing the world today. However, this is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-co-curricular","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sparkathon 2019 - The Hive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sparkathon 2019 - The Hive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are not many opportunities at The Claremont Colleges to leave thoughts of schoolwork and extracurriculars behind to instead focus on urgent problems facing the world today. However, this is [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Hive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-02T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-27T22:10:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enab2019@pomona.edu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enab2019@pomona.edu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enab2019@pomona.edu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#\/schema\/person\/292b53abc0e9d95d57976a1958e76e68\"},\"headline\":\"Sparkathon 2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-02T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-27T22:10:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/\"},\"wordCount\":259,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Co-Curricular\",\"Events\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/\",\"name\":\"Sparkathon 2019 - The Hive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-02T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-27T22:10:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#\/schema\/person\/292b53abc0e9d95d57976a1958e76e68\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg\",\"width\":1620,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sparkathon 2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/\",\"name\":\"The Hive\",\"description\":\"The Hive helps students increase their creative capacity and practice collaboration across differences.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#\/schema\/person\/292b53abc0e9d95d57976a1958e76e68\",\"name\":\"enab2019@pomona.edu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53a14f5b1224f43b0e66c1a130376c3d2aa8b91610dd6f54039fb733a2d514e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53a14f5b1224f43b0e66c1a130376c3d2aa8b91610dd6f54039fb733a2d514e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53a14f5b1224f43b0e66c1a130376c3d2aa8b91610dd6f54039fb733a2d514e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"enab2019@pomona.edu\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/author\/enab2019pomona-edu\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sparkathon 2019 - The Hive","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sparkathon 2019 - The Hive","og_description":"There are not many opportunities at The Claremont Colleges to leave thoughts of schoolwork and extracurriculars behind to instead focus on urgent problems facing the world today. However, this is [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/","og_site_name":"The Hive","article_published_time":"2019-04-02T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-27T22:10:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1620,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"enab2019@pomona.edu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enab2019@pomona.edu","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"enab2019@pomona.edu","@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#\/schema\/person\/292b53abc0e9d95d57976a1958e76e68"},"headline":"Sparkathon 2019","datePublished":"2019-04-02T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-27T22:10:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/"},"wordCount":259,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg","articleSection":["Co-Curricular","Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/","name":"Sparkathon 2019 - The Hive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg","datePublished":"2019-04-02T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-27T22:10:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#\/schema\/person\/292b53abc0e9d95d57976a1958e76e68"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/04\/6.jpg","width":1620,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/sparkathon-2019\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sparkathon 2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#website","url":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/","name":"The Hive","description":"The Hive helps students increase their creative capacity and practice collaboration across differences.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/#\/schema\/person\/292b53abc0e9d95d57976a1958e76e68","name":"enab2019@pomona.edu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53a14f5b1224f43b0e66c1a130376c3d2aa8b91610dd6f54039fb733a2d514e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53a14f5b1224f43b0e66c1a130376c3d2aa8b91610dd6f54039fb733a2d514e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53a14f5b1224f43b0e66c1a130376c3d2aa8b91610dd6f54039fb733a2d514e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"enab2019@pomona.edu"},"url":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/author\/enab2019pomona-edu\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/thehive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}