Read about the CAPS program and CAPS students and faculty in the news.
April 2013
CAPS is named Innovative Incubator of the Year at the National Business Incubator Association Conference in Boston.
Read the article.
CAPS is featured in the 913 section of the Kansas City Star.
Read the article.
March 2013
CAPS Business Partner, Freedom Bank is offering classes on finances for teenagers.
Read the article.
February 2013
CAPS is featured in the KC edition of the Silicon Prairie News.
Read the article.
CAPS was featured in a second segment about fostering the entrepreneurial spirit on KCPT’s THE LOCAL SHOW on Thursday, February 7. You may view a highlight from the show
here.
January 2013
CAPS was featured on KCPT’s THE LOCAL SHOW on Thursday, January 17. You may view a highlight from the show
here
October 2012
Our CAPS Teacher Education program was on the cover story and a featured article in the October issue of T.H.E. Journal magazine. Read it without logging in
here.
CAPS is featured in the
Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. Read the article.
August 2012
The CAPS Accelerator was featured on 41 Action News. Watch it
here.
July 2012
CAPS and three CAPS student entrepreneurs were featured in an online article on the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) web site and the Athens News.
Read the article.
CAPS was featured in the Kansas City Business Journal.
Read the article.
May 2012
CAPS student, Brian Witt wrote an article about his Kenya Container project for the
Thinking Bigger web site.
April 2012
CAPS was featured in an online article on the
Thinking Bigger web site.
CAPS in KC Star
CAPS was featured in the Kansas City Star. Read about how our instructors and business partners are creating an environment where innovators are abundant.
Click here.
Empty Bowls Charity Event
CAPS Interactive Design students raised more than $3000 at their annual Blue Valley Empty Bowls Charity event. All the proceeds from the event benefit the True Light Family Resource Center (
http://truelightfrc.org/ ), a day shelter for homeless women and children in Kansas City, MO. The event was featured on 41 Action News!
Here is the link.
See pictures from the event at:
http://www.facebook.com/bvemptybowls
February 2012
CAPS featured in NBIA
Download this PDF to read about CAPS in the National Business Incubation Association Review on pages 14-15.
nbia_-_caps_article__2-12_.pdf
CAPS presents at KU CDR
http://kudesign.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/caps-school-visits-ku-cdr/
January 2012
Fifth annual Brain Bee tests area students' gray matter
Congratulations to Tim Schaefer, CAPS student, who won this year's Brain Bee.
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/28/3397626/brain-bee-tests-students-gray.html
Three teams win in Google-inspired Gigabit Challenge
Congratulations to CAPS students Jaspreet Singh and Andrew Ying who were one of the 17 finalists in the Gigabit Challenge sponsored by CAPS business partner, Think Big Partners. Read more on this exciting competition and our students’ achievements.
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/18/3378753/three-teams-ideas-earn-prizes.html
American Association of School Adminstrators
The AASA featured CAPS as one of their Success Stories.
http://www.aasaconnect.com/All-Success-Stories?id=31