EQ Student Accelerator competition

Singular Construction Automation founders (from left) Tim Bragg and Bailee Warsing, UMSL Accelerate Founding Executive Director Dan Lauer, HireMe Founder Letisha Wexstten, UMSL Accelerate Assistant Director Tamas Javor, Founder of Seize the Bean Alex Zvibleman and UMSL Accelerate Assistant Director Ala Kehoe celebrate the conclusion of UMSL’s first EQ Student Accelerator pitch competition Tuesday in the J.C. Penney Conference Center. Wexstten finished first and received $15,000, Zvibleman came in second and received $10,000 and Bragg and Warsing received the third-place prize of $5,000. (Photo by Sara Bell)