e-Portfolio Challenges & Prizes
吉祥坊 students are invited to participate in 吉祥坊's Portfolium Challenges to win prizes and awards and get noticed by potential employers!听
Matador Moments 2021/22
鈥淢atador Moments: Welcome First-Year Students and Returning Matadors."听Matador Moments is an online challenge that reflects on first-year student experiences for Freshmen and Transfer students.听This year 吉祥坊听Portfolium鈥痶eamed up with the Office of Student Success to invite all 吉祥坊 students to participate in our annual Matador Moments Challenge.听We invite all 吉祥坊 students to鈥痵hare their reflections on听Portfolium鈥痑bout鈥痶heir experience attending virtual classes and in-person classes for the hybrid academic year. We ask the participating students to reflect on the following questions;听What have you learned from being a student during a pandemic? What have you learned about yourself? How were you able to overcome challenges? and how can we support and motivate other Matadors as we transition back to campus?鈥�
Stay tuned as we annouce our upcoming Matador Moments 2022/2023 challenge!
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Winners & Awards
In partnership with the Office of Student Success, we had a panel of judges collaborate on selecting the three winning students.
We would like to thank all participating students for sharing their reflections about鈥� their personal experiences studying off-campus鈥痑nd attending virtual classes. All the stories shared were inspiring and impactful-- encouraging all Matadors to unite and rise through these challenges together.鈥��
We are happy to announce the winning three students in each category:
Written submission winner:听
Deborah Clem:听
Photo submission winner:听
Elise Eley:听
Multimedia slideshow winner:听
Isabelle Ruvalcaba-Luna: 听
Judge's Grand Prize Award for Best Overall Project
- Digital Project:听Professor听Kim Bonfiglio鈥檚 U100 Criminology & Justice Studies class
- On-Site Project:听Professor Gigi McGuire鈥檚 U100 Black Excellence class
People's Choice Award for the Favorite Project
- Digital Project:听Professor Monicka Guevara's Bridge to the Future - Canoga Park High School听class
- On-Site Project:听Professor Sharon Lim's U100 class
Judges鈥� Grand Prize 鈥� Motion Graphics Project鈦�
Professor Keli Rowley鈥檚 U100 Kinesiology cohort鈦�
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Judges Grand Prize 鈥� Still Image(s) Project鈦�
Professor Marvin Villanueva鈥檚 U100 FreshStart/EOP cohort鈦�
Motion-Graphics Project
Debbi Mercado鈥檚 U100 class:听
Still Image(s) Project
Elizabeth Riegos Olmos鈥� U100 class:听
Thank you to everyone who participated, Congratulations to all of the sections for the hard work and thoughtfulness you put into the projects. The projects were truly inspirational and so enjoyable to view.
Interested in learning more about Portfolium Challenges?
Other Challenges and Events
The Freshman Celebration is an annual 吉祥坊 event that showcases work created by first-time freshmen enrolled in University 100 during the fall semester.
Cloud Jam presents student teams with cloud computing resources and tools to solve real-world challenges. Students听learned about cloud concepts and had access to resources from top cloud providers to compete against other student teams.
Spring 2015, was our first 吉祥坊 Portfolium event- 24 students teamed together to create apps and competed in one of two categories: student life or student finances.听
Students shared and reflected through a video - a personal journey that led to where they are now. What obstacles have they overcome? Why are they at 吉祥坊? and what goals lie ahead.听
The VARJAM competition offered all 吉祥坊 students an opportunity to create a Virtual Reality (VR) project.
Students used AI tools to develop an innovative solution. Use the resources in Canvas and support from the community and AI experts to bring the student's idea to life.
Past Winners & Awards
If you need help getting started on Portfolium, view our听Portfolium Ambassador page听for support.
You can also contact our e-Portfolio Coordinator:听fiona.marak@csun.edu.