Vote for Duquesne Strong Women, Strong Girls in National Zip Car Contest

A video submitted by Duquesne’s Strong Women, Strong Girls chapter is one of only 10 entries selected as national finalists in the Zip Car Students with Drive contest, and the University community can help them win.

Zip Car, through its university membership program, provides self-service access to cars 24/7 at low hourly and daily rates that include gas and insurance. The cars are located on campus and the program is designed to reduce demand for on-campus parking, alleviate congestion and provide a sustainable alternative transportation solution that also reduces a carbon footprint.

For the contest, Strong Women, Strong Girls chapters across the country were asked to develop and submit a three-minute video illustrating the work that they do and how Zip Car helps them.

In addition to the quality of the video and the merit of the work of the Strong Women, Strong Girls chapter, Zip Car is considering the number of votes that the video finalists receive on the contest website as well as the number of likes/shares through the Twitter and Vimeo social media platforms.

To view the finalists’ videos and vote for Duquesne’s Strong Women, Strong Girls chapter entry, visit the Students with Drive website through Friday, March 31. The winning chapter will get approximately $25,000 in prizes, including funds for chapter operations, a scholarship and Zip Car credits to help get to their mentoring sites.

“Zip Car has been a longstanding partner with the chapter at Duquesne and is our primary mode of transportation to get our 110 active mentors to our 10 community sites,” explained Alia Pustorino-Clevenger, director for student life assessment and co-curriculuar community engagement at Duquesne. “In turn, Zip Car promoted this contest and the chapter entered, hopeful they might qualify. We were elated when they were selected as a finalist!”

Duquesne is one of six Strong Women, Strong Girls chapters at universities in Pittsburgh. The organization’s mission to “empower girls to imagine a broader future through a curriculum grounded on female role models delivered by college women mentors, who are themselves mentored by professional women.”

The University’s chapter members serve as mentors and role models to girls and volunteer at program sites in the community, including Sto Rox, Carmalt, Roosevelt, Arlington, Brookline, Westwood, Whittier, West Liberty, Phillips and Spring Hill elementary schools.