Adelphi Hosts Apprentice Challenge: Business Conference for Local High School Students
Garden City, NY (11/01/2024) — Adelphi University will host young aspiring entrepreneurs in its annual Apprentice Challenge: Business Conference, on Friday, November 8. This event will bring together students from 26 local high schools, who will compete in a day-long competition showcasing their strategic marketing skills. The conference will be held at Adelphi's Garden City campus, starting at 8 a.m.
Over 245 students from Nassau, Suffolk, and Queens will be divided into teams, tasked with assembling a strategic marketing plan based on a case study. These plans will then be presented to a distinguished panel of judges, consisting of Adelphi alumni, faculty, staff, and representatives from the Metropolitan Golf Association.
To ensure the participants are well-prepared, expert business faculty from Adelphi's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business will provide valuable insights on key marketing components and guide the students on successfully creating their marketing plans. This year's partner, the Metropolitan Golf Association, will present the case study.
Now in its eighteenth year, the Apprentice Challenge has been a platform for talented and ambitious students from high schools across Long Island since 2007. More than 3,119 "apprentices" have participated, including those who have studied marketing at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business. Adelphi business graduates have gone on to become some of the region's top marketing leaders, working with renowned brands and companies.
The Apprentice Challenge: Business Conference is part of Adelphi University's Annual High School Special Event Series, which aims to provide unique learning opportunities for high school students.
Participating High Schools:
- Baldwin High School
- Carle Place High School
- Connetquot High School
- Elmont Memorial High School
- Ezra Academy
- Great Neck North High School
- GW Hewlett High School
- H. Frank Carey High School
- Half Hollow Hills HS East
- Herricks High School
- Jericho High School
- John F. Kennedy High School
- Kellenberg Memorial High School
- Kings Park High School
- Lawrence High School
- Massapequa High School
- New Hyde Park Memorial High School
- North Shore High School
- Northport High School
- Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School
- Sewanhaka High School
- Syosset High School
- W. T. Clarke High School
- Wantagh High School
- West Islip High School
- Wyandanch Memorial High School
Learn more about Adelphi University's Apprentice Challenge: Business Conference.
About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university in the United States with a personalized approach to higher learning
Adelphi University, New York, US, is a highly awarded, internationally ranked and powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives. It is recognized for small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training at the undergraduate and graduate level with particular strength in its 'Core Four' academic areas: the Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.
Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,250 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York-just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities-and at dynamic learning hubs in Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.
More than 119,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities, and the world.
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