Awards And Certifications From December 21

UM Student Named College Entrepreneur of the Year: A founder of the student start-up known as "Netflix for baby clothes" has been named Entrepreneur magazine's College Entrepreneur of the Year, the magazine announced today. Allen Kim, a senior industrial operations and engineering major at the University of Michigan, launched Bebarang (originally called Bebaroo) last year with Luis Calderon, who is pursuing a dual master's degree in business and natural resources through the Erb Institute. It's a baby clothes rental service that ships parents' brand-name outfits at a fraction or their original cost. Kim is profiled in the January issue of Entrepreneur, which hits newsstands today. He was one of five finalists. The winner was determined based on judges' scores and online voting. He says he was shocked to hear he won. Kim's prize is $5,000 in seed money, which he and his colleagues will put toward efforts to expand to 100 customers by the end of next semester. Kim's win attests to the growing entrepreneurial spirit at the College of Engineering. Through the Center for Entrepreneurship and the TechArb student business incubator, the college encourages students to start their own companies and guides them through the process. Bebarang was a TechArb company last semester. And Kim and his co-founder Calderon actually met on a trip to the Bay Area sponsored by the Center for Entrepreneurship. More at www.entrepreneur.com/article/217707-3 or http://bebarang.com/.