{"id":99669,"date":"2026-04-30T11:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/?p=99669"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:11:44","slug":"met-senior-lecturer-megan-trainor-wins-henry-morgan-award-at-bus-2026-innovators-night-as-met-student-takes-3rd-among-new-ventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/news\/met-senior-lecturer-megan-trainor-wins-henry-morgan-award-at-bus-2026-innovators-night-as-met-student-takes-3rd-among-new-ventures\/","title":{"rendered":"MET Senior Lecturer Dr. Megan M Trainor Wins Henry Morgan Award at BU\u2019s 2026 Innovators&#8217; Night as MET Student Takes 3rd among New Ventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Metropolitan College, budding visionaries get the education they need to become thriving entrepreneurs\u2014and they get it through the support of faculty who know how to make a difference. Innovation is central to the mission, and that commitment was on display on Wednesday, April 15, as MET was well-represented at <a href=\"https:\/\/innovatebu.app\/events\/1xYjZFXgM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Innovate@BU\u2019s Innovators\u2019 Night<\/a> 2026\u2014a celebration of entrepreneurship across Boston University.<\/p>\n<p>That evening, Administrative Sciences Senior Lecturer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/profile\/megan-m-trainor\/\">Dr. Megan M Trainor<\/a> was named this year\u2019s recipient of the Henry Morgan Award, in recognition of her mentorship and ongoing support of students pursuing futures in innovation. Dr. Trainor, whose lasting contributions to entrepreneurship at BU, MET, and the innovation ecosystem make her invaluable to students, has taught business and marketing for more than fifteen years, and brings a deep background in sales, management, and marketing strategy to her classroom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/met\/files\/2026\/04\/Attorney-Alert-pitching-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"BU MET student Brian Namnoum (MET\u201926) speaking on stage\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0; border: 2px solid #138387;\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-99674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/files\/2026\/04\/Attorney-Alert-pitching-2-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/files\/2026\/04\/Attorney-Alert-pitching-2-1-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/files\/2026\/04\/Attorney-Alert-pitching-2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/files\/2026\/04\/Attorney-Alert-pitching-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Photo: Innovate@BU<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The night\u2019s main event was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/programs-competitions\/new-venture-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Venture Competition<\/a>\u2014a recognition of student entrepreneurs whose business plans stand to make an impact. BU MET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/degrees-certificates\/ms-financial-management\/\">MS in Financial Management<\/a> student Brian Namnoum (MET\u201926) took home third place in the contest, owed to the venture he developed, Attorney Alert, the legal-tech platform connecting criminal defense clients with defense attorneys and law firms in real time. One of 10 finalists for the prize, Namnoun won $6,000 in funding.<\/p>\n<p>Other MET students presented their projects to the awards. Andrea Catania (MET\u201924), who focused her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/foodstudies\/programs\/gastronomy-and-food-studies\/ma-gastronomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MA in Gastronomy<\/a> on food policy, cofounded EquiTable, a nonprofit dedicated to making the food system more just. Also in attendance was Yash Seth (MET\u201926), a cofounder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/news\/student-puts-global-marketing-management-skills-to-use-with-recycled-tennis-string-venture\/\">LET, the sustainable clothing enterprise that uses old tennis racket strings to manufacture high-purity yarn that can be woven into new clothing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2026\/student-innovators-innovator-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>BU Today<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recognition of her ongoing support and mentorship of students pursuing futures in innovation, Metropolitan College Senior Lecturer Dr. Megan M Trainor won the Henry Morgan Award at Innovate@BU\u2019s 2026 Innovators\u2019 Night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19676,"featured_media":99671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51,40,182,129,39,262,37,240],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99669"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99727,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99669\/revisions\/99727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}