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The winners have been tallied for the 14 Days of Engagement Social Media Challenge.
Participants whose tweets received the most likes received a daily prize of Pitt swag equivalent to a cash value of over $100. These daily winners were given the option to donate their winnings to youth programs in the city of Pittsburgh. So far, more than $2,000 worth of Pitt gear has been donated.
Additionally, three overall grand prizes of $1,000 were awarded to schools, centers, departments and student organizations affiliated with the University based on likes from a single Twitter account.
The overall grand prize winners:
- 1st Place: Engineering Ambassadors,
- 2nd Place: Phi Sigma Rho, Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering
- 3rd Place:
The daily winners, some of whom won multiple daily challenges:
- John Keith: associate professor, , Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering
- Marcela Gonzalez-Rubio: graduate student, , Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering
- Alex Maldonado: graduate student, chemical and petroleum engineering, Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering
- Daniel Jacobson López: post-doc, ,
- Bernard Rouseau: professor and chair, , Â鶹´«Ã½ of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Michelle Kienholz: science writer-editor,
- Jinx McLean: graduate student, ,
- Chaz Kellem: director, ,
- Emily Elliot: professor, ,
- Kathryn Fleischer: senior, politics and philosophy, Dietrich Â鶹´«Ã½
- Margo Fischgrund, communications manager,
- Alaine Allen: director, outreach and community engagement, Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering
- Johanna Siegel: senior, bioengineering, Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering
- Brian K. Root: assistant director of housing and residence life, Pitt-Greensburg
- Kris Kanthak: associate professor, , Dietrich Â鶹´«Ã½
- Julie Rekant: graduate student, bioengineering, Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering