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The Verizon Summer Camp's 1st place team -- The Thinkers. (L-r Dr. Charity Shockley, camp director; Thinker team members Xavier Gordy, Christian Auguste, Tristan Cooper, Vraj Shah and Kinte Tolson; and camp co-directors Lillie Crawford and Vaughn Hopkins.
In this photo: The Verizon Summer Camp’s 1st place team – The Thinkers. (L-r Dr. Charity Shockley, camp director; Thinker team members Xavier Gordy, Christian Auguste, Tristan Cooper, Vraj Shah and Kinte Tolson; and camp co-directors Lillie Crawford and Vaughn Hopkins.
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2019 Verizon Innovative Learning Camp – Photos

Friday, August 2, 2019

Delaware State University recently hosted the Verizon Innovative Learning Summer Camp for middle school-age males, culminated by the recognition of the top teams in a design thinking competition.

To see images from the Verizon Summer Camp, click on the below link:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/48216028@N03/albums/72157710057007447/show

The youths were challenged to come up with design thinking solutions that would achieve United Nations sustainable development goals.

The top team, its members, and their winning projects:

  • 1st Place – The Thinkers (Xavier Gordy, Christian Auguste, Tristan Cooper, Vraj Shah, Kinte Tolson). Designed solar-powered light, heat and air-conditioning for cars. Their presentation included design options for old and new cars.
  • 2nd Place – The Elites (Jovan Vickers, Terrell Holmes II, Daniel Ezeogu, Kelven Oppong-Adjei, Yuanzhuo Zang and Hrishi Patel). Presented their answer to the biodegradable recycling challenges by designing a trash can that converts refuse into energy.
  • 3rd Place – The Champs (Maurice Lebron, Jalen Anderson, Nasir Briscoe, Sean Cartwright Jr., Zion Mifflin and Jaron Tate). The winning team presented a solution for police brutality, including community law enforcement that uses a motion sensor attached to a body camera.

The three-week Verizon Innovative Learning Program teaches the male youths lifelong technology and entrepreneurial skills, as well as professional development training. The long-term goal of the program is to empower a new generation of minority men by giving the skills to build the innovations of tomorrow.

The summer camp was funded by a two-year, $300,000 Verizon Foundation Grant. There were 129 middle school male participants in this year’s program. Dr. Charity Shockley was the principal investigator of the grant.