Rutgers School of Business to Host 45 High School Students for "Business Boot Camp" in July

CAMDEN – The Rutgers School of Business—Camden will provide 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.

During July 13 to 24, Rutgers-Camden 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 School of Business—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.  

Students will graduate from BizEd during a special ceremony at Rutgers­–Camden on Friday, July 24.  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.

Rayman Solomon, acting 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 Solomon.  “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.”

The following students (with hometowns in parentheses as needed) have been selected by their high schools to participate in BizEd:

AUDUBON HIGH SCHOOL:  Dean Szymanski (Mount Ephraim)

BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL:  Sean Carlin (Burlington); Parth Patel (Burlington); Alexander Radcliffe (Burlington)

CAMDEN ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL:  Ananis Lopez

CAMDEN COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL:  Annelis Alamo (Camden)

CHERRY HILL HIGH SCHOOL EAST:  Bryan Barkow

CINNAMINSON HIGH SCHOOL:  Michael Haines; Melissa Jones

COLLINGSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL:  Ayeisha Allen (Woodlynne); Dan Campos (Woodlynne); Zachary Spratt

DELRAN HIGH SCHOOL:  Lauren Covert; Sean McCloskey

EASTERN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL:  Joshua Gilmore (Voorhees); Krupa Patel (Berlin); Nicholas Sulpizio (Gibbsboro)

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL:  Leah Barney (Wenonah); Kristi Rudolph (Wenonah)

GLOUCESTER CITY HIGH SCHOOL:  Samantha Kopras

HADDON HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL:  Brian Whitman

HADDON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL:  Bill Harte (Westmont); Ciaran Rhodes (Westmont)

HADDONFIELD MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL:  Tyler Simcox; Lauren Testa; Dennis Wood

HIGHLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL:  Anthony Onorato (Laurel Springs); Trevon Tucker (Laurel Springs)

LEAP ACADEMY UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL:  Thomas Flores (Camden); Brian Nieves (Pennsauken)

MOORESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL:  Sarah Lowy; Giovanni Anthony Marciano

PAUL VI HIGH SCHOOL:  Deandra Turchi (Turnersville); Brian Walter (Haddon Heights) 

PENNSAUKEN HIGH SCHOOL:  Nina Odunlami; Mary Luz Santana; Rebecca Welsh

RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL:  James Rottinger (Delanco)

STERLING HIGH SCHOOL:  Kenny Tang (Stratford)

TIMBER CREEK REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL:  Dominique Clarke (Sicklerville)

TRITON REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL:  Andrew Adonamis (Glendora)

WILLIAMSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL:  James Stewart

WOODBURY HIGH SCHOOL:  Dale Davis; Stacy Wong 

WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL:  Keturah Golden (Camden)

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