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A Journey with Be The Match: From Design Sprint to Event

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A Journey with Be The Match: From Design Sprint to Event By Alivia Davidson, Marissa Johnson, Maegan Wells, and Morgan Ames The Journey Begins In January of 2022, a new semester began, and we were signed up to take CAPS Med for three periods of our school day.  At the time, we had no idea what professional experiences, trials, and opportunities we would walk through. We were more worried about what clothes to wear, as we were told to dress business casual for class.  We knew that CAPS stood for the Center for Advanced Professional Studies, and we were eager, and a bit nervous, about what was ahead.  Sprint Design  On the second or third day of CAPS, we participated in the design sprint.  In short, this is a three-day opportunity that all CAPS associates participate in, where we are given a problem and have only a few days to come up with a solution.  On the final day, each group stands on stage and pitches its unique solution to a panel of judges, including the client.   This se