Last fall, Joseph Hamilton went head-to-head in pitching his newest invention against other area entrepreneurs in the annual “Shark Tank”-style BizPitch competition. The 2012 T urner College graduate wowed judges and captured more than $15,000 in prize money he’s investing into his endeavor. Hamilton’s BizPitch -winning project is 4 Second Football , which he calls “the world’s smartest football.” According to Hamilton, it’s the first football capable of timing a quarterback’s throw and collecting performance data along the way. “[4 Second Football’s] ultimate value is in its transparency,” Hamilton explained. “It builds confidence in a player because they now have to focus more in real time [during practice] when they see that they’re not performing to the level or the standard that the coach has set.” The specially engineered football pairs with a wristband worn by quarterbacks. It provides players with instant insights into their throwing precision, timing and decision-making.
Turner College alum Diana Didenko is forging a successful career recruiting professionals into the mental health field. Diana is now using her decade of experience in people-oriented roles, including community engagement, events, staffing, and marketing, as Lead Recruiter for Rocky Mountain Human Services of Denver, Colorado. In that capacity she has developed strategies to streamline recruitment process and source candidates through various avenues, including non-traditional and traditional sources. She also meets with hiring managers regularly in order to gain a clear understanding of ideal candidate, role function, responsibilities, and team's needs. Diana earned a bachelor's degree in marketing (with a minor in international business) from the Turner College in 2015. During her Turner College studies she was Vice President of the CSU chapters of the American Marketing Association and Society for Human Resource Management. Prior to joining Rocky Mountain Human Services i