The Rutgers School of Business, Camden, is providing 45 high school students with a singular summer program designed to give them an intensive introduction to collegiate business education, and show that business is both fun and exciting. It’s called BizEd.
Eastern Regional High School student Andrew Manzo of Voorhees is taking part.
During July 11 to 22, Rutgers, Camden, provides outstanding high school students from Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties with a forum for lively discussions and an assortment of interactive activities specially designed to spark creativity, develop decision-making skills and reinforce the concept that the business world offers a host of exciting and profitable career opportunities.
Students are working closely with Rutgers instructors to examine the disciplines of accounting, marketing, finance, and management, and learn the role that technology plays in business. They will interact with leading area executives who will offer career guidance and provide up-to-the-minute insights regarding current job, business, and economic trends.
Students will graduate from BizEd during a special ceremony at Rutgers, Camden, on July 22. Upon completing the program, each student will receive certification of his or her participation.
Each member in a winning team will receive a laptop computer, courtesy of the Rutgers, Camden, business school, in honor of presenting a strategy for resolving a real-life business issue.
Jaishankar Ganesh, dean of the Rutgers, Camden, business school, believes that the BizEd students will enjoy a competitive advantage.
“Anyone who can demonstrate that she or he can grasp classroom theory and then apply those insights to the challenges of the business world will always be in demand,” says Ganesh. “This program provides a balanced view of business education that is lacking in most of the nation’s high schools. Children are graduating into an economy that demands much, much more of them than their parents encountered upon leaving high school. BizEd is a creative way to better prepare teenagers for success in college and throughout their lives.”
