Congratulations to Team Knight and Fast Pass to win the first and second place in the first-ever state “Make College Possible Coding Challenge,” as part of the Excelsior Scholoarship Campaign!
The final judging was hosted last Friday at the Facebook office, where the five finalist teams pitched their products to a panel of New York’s business and technology leaders. Queens College was the only college with two teams among the finalists in a statewide of 70 colleges.
Congratulations to both winning teams!!!
Team Knight: Charlie Lin, Carlos Beltran, Zifang Huan, and Navidur Rahman
Fast Pass: Ehud Adler, Isaac Ben-Ami, Michelle Gonter, and Julian Moskovitz
To see a video of the final judging event at Facebook office >>> Click Here >>>
Fast Pass (2nd place) presentation starts at 11:25 min
Team Knight (1st place) presentation starts at 33:54 min
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