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Students will prototype new ideas and create real-time solutions to challenges confronting missions organizations.&nbsp;</p> <p>Led by Hack4Missions directors <a href="https://urbana.org/bio/ali-llewellyn">Ali Llewellyn</a> and <a href="https://urbana.org/blog/why-im-part-hack4missions">Nick Skytland</a>, cofounders of the International Space Apps Challenge and the National Day of Civic Hacking as members of NASA’s Open Innovation team, over 200 students will explore technology’s place in God’s global mission. The participants will use their skills to advance God’s kingdom, and receive mentoring from technology and missions leaders. <a href="https://urbana.org/technology-and-missions-intersect-urbana-15" target="_blank">Read more of this release at urbana.org</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="_none block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenewsfield-news-keywords"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Keywords</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1191" hreflang="en">Urbana 15</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1095" hreflang="en">technology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/961" hreflang="en">Missions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/872" hreflang="en">Hackathon</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:20:26 +0000 gordon.govier@intervarsity.org 8885 at