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About HP and HBCUs

When a company’s culture enables you to belong, innovate, and grow, you’re inspired to bring your best ideas to the table every day. As part of our partnership with the National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable, HP’s new business-case competition is one way we’re investing in students who are ready to step up and reinvent not only the business landscape, but mindsets, too.

The Challenge

Jumpstart your entry into the real world of business, before you even graduate. Put your brightest ideas to work by crafting a solution for an actual HP business problem, and you could not only win premium technology prizes, but help boost your budding career.1


See the HP HBCU Business Challenge Official Rules.
The Challenge

How to Compete

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The Dean Teams

Business deans from National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable member institutions will select a small team of students — of any major — to represent their schools. These teams will submit their initial proposals for solving a real-life HP business challenge, with the top 10 teams advancing through additional rounds of virtual presentations. The final three teams will compete for a grand prize.1

How to apply
 

3rd Annual Challenge Winners

3rd Annual HP HBCU Business Challenge Winners

North Carolina Central University

Challenge Focus: Gaming Unforseen

Team: Ambrose B., Jacobia J., Daniel B., Hadeer S.

  • 2nd Place: Delaware State University
  • 3rd Place: Morgan State University

2nd Annual Challenge Winners

University of the Virgin Islands

University of the Virgin Islands

Challenge Focus: Personal Systems: Industry Verticals for Commercial Transformation

Team: Orian S., Joash L., Jamilla C., Joevarny H., Gerald B.

  • 2nd Place: North Carolina Central University
  • 3rd Place: Medgar Evers College

1st Annual Challenge Winners

Delaware State University

Delaware State University

Challenge Focus: Office Print Relevance.

Team: Justin T., Kyron B., Emma P. Nyla O., Nicolas H.

  • 2nd Place: Tuskegee University
  • 3rd Place: Harris-Stowe State University
Xavier University of Lousiana

Xavier University of Lousiana

Challenge Focus: Personal Systems Services Innovation.

Team: Janelle J., Alaina M., Cydnewy S.

  • 2nd Place: Bethune-Cookman University
  • 3rd Place: Albany State University
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HP HBCU Business Challenge: The Road to Full - Time Position

Hear from one of HP's 1st Annual HBCU Business Challenge first place winners and his experience becoming a full time employee of HP.
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1st Annual HP HBCU Business Challenge

In partnership with National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable, HP's HBCU business-case competition is one way we're investing in students who are ready to step up and reinvent not only the business landscape, but mindsets, too.
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2nd Annual HP HBCU Business Challenge

Jumpstart your entry into the real world of business, before you even graduate. Listen to some of our great interns share their experience with the HBCU Challenge.

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1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Entry submission period: 9:00:00am CDT, 9/17/18 to 11:59:59pm CDT, 10/4/18. Open only to groups of 3 and up to 5 eligible participants (“Team”). Each eligible participant of a Team must be a legal resident of 50 US/DC who is physically located in US/DC & 18+ (19+ AL/ NE) at the time of entry, enrolled as a full-time student at an eligible School (defined in Official Rules), planning to be enrolled as a full-time student in Fall 2019 at an accredited university or college & in good academic standing at their School, all at the time of entry. NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Void where prohibited. Individual Team members must participate in the virtual presentations with Team to be considered for a prize. Teams may not add or substitute team members once a Team is registered. Entries will be judged. See official rules for entry details, prizes & judging criteria. Subject to full Official Rules. Sponsor: HP Inc., 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1112.

Registration for the 4th Annual HP HBCU Business Challenge is now open.

HP HBCU Business Challenge Registration Forms have been distributed to business deans through the National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable executive director.

If you would like to register for the HP HBCU Business Challenge, please contact the team.

You must be aligned to an HBCU and have an appointed advisor. Please read the HP HBCU Business Challenge Official Rules for more details.

In HP’s Second Annual HBCU Business Challenge, we asked for your ideas… and you rose to the challenge!

As part of our partnership with the National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable, HP launched the second business-case competition this fall. It’s one way we’re investing in students who are ready to step up and reinvent not only the business landscape, but mindsets, too.

We’re proud to recognize our GRAND-PRIZE winning team!

Thank you to the National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable and all participating teams from member institutions!
North Carolina Central University

North Carolina Central University

Team

Hollan S., Zakiya S., Danzel W. 


Medgar Evers College

Medgar Evers College

Team

Ziyadeen M., Arelette A., Eusebia J., Alexa S., Rowan F.