Adelphi Hosts Apprentice Challenge For Local High School Students

Garden City, NY (11/01/2023) — Students from 26 local high schools will pitch their business ideas at the 2023 Adelphi Apprentice Challenge: Business Conference on Friday, November 3. The day-long annual event will begin at 8 a.m. and be held at Adelphi's Garden City campus.

Approximately 250 students from Nassau, Suffolk and Queens will be divided into teams to assemble a strategic marketing plan based on a case study to present to a distinguished panel of judges. This year's case study will be presented by Guac Shop Mexican Grill.

Expert business faculty from Adelphi's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business will provide insight on key marketing components and how to successfully create a marketing plan. Teams will present their plan to Adelphi Alumni, faculty and staff and Luke Tesoriero and Matt Tesoriero, co-owners of Guac Shop Mexican Grill.

The team that creates the most successful marketing plan will be awarded the coveted title of the "Adelphi Apprentice."

High schools participating include:

Baldwin High School

Calhoun High School

Carle Place High School

Connetquot High Shool

Elmont Memorial High School

Ezra Academy

Garden City High School

George W Hewlett High School

H. Frank Carey High School

Half Hollow Hills High School East

Harborfields High School

Herricks High School

Jericho High School

John F. Kennedy High School

Kings Park High School

Lawrence High School

Massapequa High School

New Hyde Park Memorial High School

North Shore High School

Plainedge High School

Plainview Old Bethpage John F Kennedy High School

Wantagh High School

Wellington C. Mepham High School

West Islip High School

Westbury High School

Wyandanch Union Free School District

The competition, now in its seventeenth year, has been bringing talented and ambitious students together from high schools across Long Island since 2007. More than 3,110 "apprentices" have participated, including a number who have gone on to study marketing at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business. Adelphi business graduates include some of the region's top marketing leaders, serving a variety of exciting brands and companies.

The event is part of Adelphi's Annual High School Special Event Series, designed to give high school students a chance to experience college life while gaining self-confidence, making social connections and exploring areas of interest.

About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university with a personalized approach to higher learning

Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives through 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 our Core Four-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 Manhattan, 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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