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BUSINESS CAMP AT RUTGERS–CAMDEN ENTERS TENTH YEAR Instead of hitting the beach this month, a group of budding entrepreneurs are learning what it takes to run their own business during a highly competitive camp at Rutgers–Camden. BizEd: A Leadership Program for High School Students is a two-week summer camp at the Rutgers School of Business–Camden designed to prepare a select group of students for the rigors of collegiate business education. Forty Five outstanding students from Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties are being introduced to theory and practice of accounting, finance, management, marketing, and technology. The camp is designed to spark creativity and develop decision-making skills. “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 Rayman Solomon, acting executive dean of the Rutgers School of Business–Camden. “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.” This summer marks the 10th anniversary of the BizEd camp. Since 2001, 241 top high school students have gone through the program, each of whom have worked closely with area business leaders who offer career guidance and up-to-the minute insights regarding current job, business, and economic trends. Ren Cicalese, managing shareholder of the Alloy Silverstein Group, a Cherry Hill-based accounting firm, says that's what has made the program successful for a decade. Cicalese has been an instructor and judge at the BizEd camp since its inception. “These students have never been exposed to business education before this camp,” Cicalese says. “The business experts show them what it takes to make it in the business world. It's a neat program because there's this connection between the students and the professionals. They're introduced to a competitive business environment for the first time.” |
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