{"id":15580,"date":"2026-09-21T09:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/?p=15580"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:05:01","slug":"the-citizens-innovation-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/the-citizens-innovation-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Citizens Innovation Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you looking for a way to apply what you&#8217;re learning in the classroom, build your resume, and make connections with employers? The Citizens Innovation Challenge is an exciting opportunity for Providence College students from all majors and academic disciplines. In this competition, student teams will work to solve a real business challenge provided by Citizens Bank. Teams will have one week to develop a creative, solution-focused proposal and present their ideas directly to Citizens representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why Participate?<br>By participating, you can:<br>&#8211; Apply your knowledge and skills to a real-world business challenge<br>&#8211; Strengthen your teamwork, problem-solving, and presentation abilities<br>&#8211; Showcase your creativity and talents in a professional setting Network with professionals from Citizens Bank -Enhance your resume with a valuable experiential learning opportunity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re studying business, technology, communications, data analytics, social sciences, humanities, sciences, or another field, your unique perspective can contribute to innovative solutions.<br>The Citizens Innovation Challenge is a great way to gain hands-on experience, work with peers, and demonstrate the skills that employers value. Don&#8217;t miss this opportunity to challenge yourself, make professional connections, and potentially win cash prizes! Register <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=Nm8ZKV4dJk2JRTvkG6gReP5fKXsD_xdLjoc2uHpTKeZUMFowMVNXNTE1UFkwSFlZRUEyM1hPMTIySi4u&amp;route=shorturl\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=Nm8ZKV4dJk2JRTvkG6gReP5fKXsD_xdLjoc2uHpTKeZUMFowMVNXNTE1UFkwSFlZRUEyM1hPMTIySi4u&amp;route=shorturl\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1789477527927-2c18212d-5ffb-435a-92e5-03affb146cd7_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Citizen Innovation Challenge\u00a0 A one-week sprint to create bold ideas that tackle Citizens\u2019\u00a0 biggest challenges.\" class=\"wp-image-15581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1789477527927-2c18212d-5ffb-435a-92e5-03affb146cd7_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1789477527927-2c18212d-5ffb-435a-92e5-03affb146cd7_1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1789477527927-2c18212d-5ffb-435a-92e5-03affb146cd7_1-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for a way to apply what you&#8217;re learning in the classroom, build your resume, and make connections with employers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2027-info","category-class-of-2028-news-information","category-class-of-2029-news-information","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15582,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15580\/revisions\/15582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}