Ellie Symes Biography

After working one summer as an apprentice to an Ohio beekeeper CEO Ellie Symes returned to campus with a vision. To kick off her sophomore year at Indiana University Ellie applied for a grant from the Hutton Honors College to help fund the first student-run beehives at IU.
Ellie won her grant purchased her equipment and the bees and began managing her hives. But Ellie wasn't satisfied yet. She didn't think her vision had been achieved.
One year later Ellie received an opportunity to pitch her beekeeping project as the subject of a business consulting assignment at IU's Kelley School of Business. Sitting up front for Ellie's presentation were two friends: Simon Kuntz and Wyatt Wells.
Captivated by Ellie's story about the decline of the bees the two friends left class that day without exchanging a single word. Overcome with inspiration they both felt an urge to take action. Although they hadn't spoken to each other about it both Simon and Wyatt contacted Ellie to become more involved in her project. Ellie invited them to attend a volunteer session she set up for the class expecting many curious students eager to visit the hives.

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