HS Students Get BizEd

The Rutgers University School of Business at Camden will provide 25 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.

During July 12 to 22, BizEd will provide 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. "BizEd: A Leadership Program For High School Students" will be conducted at the Rutgers University School of Business at Camden.

Students will work 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.

The high school students also will travel to major businesses in southern New Jersey to experience firsthand the realities of business practice and the relationship between classroom theory and real-world application. Students will graduate from BizEd during a special ceremony at Rutgers-Camden on Thursday, July 22. Upon completing the program, each student will receive certification of his or her participation. Milton Leontiades, 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 Leontiades. "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.

"Make no mistake: this initiative serves the business community as much as it does these students."

The following students have been selected by their high schools to participate in BizEd:

* AUDUBON HIGH SCHOOL: Tammy Dingler
* CHERRY HILL HIGH SCHOOL EAST: Kevin Chang, Rebecca Kim
* CHERRY HILL HIGH SCHOOL WEST: Kristen Lalena, Stewart Webster
* CINNAMINSON HIGH SCHOOL: Thaoms Basgil, Adrianna Link
* COLLINGSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL: John Dunn
* EASTERN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL: Michael Magun, Katie Steinberg
* GLOUCESTER CITY HIGH SCHOOL: Ahsley Kensler
* HADDON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL: Mallory Joyce, Kristen Cella
* HADDONFIELD MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL: Kyle Payne
* HIGHLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL: Ren Cicalese
* LINDENWOLD HIGH SCHOOL: Melissa Listman
* MOORESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL: Ryan Libster
* PAULSBORO HIGH SCHOOL: Mary Spoto
* STERLING REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL: Keith Beebe
* TIMBER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL: Anthony Wilkie
* WEST DEPTFORD HIGH SCHOOL: Keith Novack
* WILLIAMSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL: Pamela Carclone
* WINSLOW HIGH SCHOOL: Samantha Trout
* WOODBURY HIGH SCHOOL: Bryan Duffield
* WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL: Laura Pettus

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Author: Press Release