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Adelphi Hosts Virtual Apprentice Challenge for Local High School Students

Approximately 269 students from Nassau, Suffolk and Queens will take the challenge.

Garden City, NY (11/09/2020) — Top young business minds from 25 local high schools will compete in Adelphi University's 2020 Virtual Apprentice Challenge: Business Conference on Friday, November 13. The competition will run from 9 a.m. to noon. via Zoom.

Approximately 269 students from Nassau, Suffolk and Queens will be divided into teams and tasked to assemble a successful strategic marketing plan based on a sample case assignment. Teams will then present to a distinguished panel of judges from Adelphi and Jovia Federal Credit Union.

The annual competition has been bringing talented, ambitious students together from across Long Island since 2007. More than 2,700 "apprentices" have participated, including a number who have gone on to study at Adelphi's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business.

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
  • Carle Place High School
  • Connetquot High School
  • Elmont Memorial High School
  • Ezra Academy
  • Floral Park Memorial High School
  • George W. Hewlett High School
  • Harborfields High School
  • Herricks High School
  • Jericho High School
  • John F Kennedy High School
  • Kings Park High School
  • Lawrence High School
  • Longwood High School
  • Massapequa High School
  • Mineola High School
  • North Shore Hebrew Academy High School
  • Roslyn High School
  • Syosset High School
  • Walt Whitman High School
  • Wantagh High School
  • Wellington C. Mepham High School
  • West Hempstead High School
  • Westbury High School
  • Wheatley High School

The event is part of Adelphi's Annual High School Special Event Series, a 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.

Learn more about the Adelphi Apprentice Challenge: Business Conference.

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

Adelphi University is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university offering exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training with particular strength in its Core Four-Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness. Adelphi is dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support student success.

Founded in Brooklyn in 1896, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. Today Adelphi serves nearly 8,000 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, and online.

More than 116,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, caring citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities and the world.

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