One Million Degrees

One Million Degrees Joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Winners of the 2016 Chicago Innovation Awards to Ring the Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell

One Million Degrees (OMD) Chief Executive Officer Paige Ponder and Chief Program Officer Veronica Herrero joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and winners of the 2016 Chicago Innovation Awards, the Chicago region's foremost annual celebration of innovation, in New York City on Monday, March 27th to ring the closing Nasdaq Bell. The event, arranged by the Chicago Innovation Awards, highlights the groundbreaking work One Million Degrees has pioneered to serve and graduate the region's community college students, as well as the surge of innovation taking place across Chicago.