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Local High School Students to Be Awarded Scholarships to Huizenga Business School Entrepreneurship Summer Camp
Business School Faculty and South Florida Business Leaders Will Instruct; Advanced Camp is Offered For the First Time
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Three local high school students will be awarded scholarships by the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) to attend its Entrepreneurship Summer Camp and Personal Enrichment program, known as E.S.C.A.P.E.. The students attend school in Coral Springs, Plantation and Tamarac.
The students will be presented the scholarships at the Huizenga Business School on Monday, March 14 at 4:30 p.m.; members of the media are welcome to attend and take photos.
Scholarship recipients:
Sydney Madrigal, Pembroke Pines
Grade 11, South Plantation High School
Nicole Peterson, Coral Springs
Grade 11, St. Thomas Aquinas High School
André Samuels, Tamarac
Grade 11, Nova High School
The Huizenga Business School will host two sessions of its entrepreneurship summer camp for high school students on June 20-24 and July 18-22, 2011. An advanced camp, E.S.C.A.P.E. BEYOND!, will be offered for the first time for those students who have already completed the E.S.C.A.P.E. camp. E.S.C.A.P.E. BEYOND! will allow campers to take the business idea developed in E.S.C.A.P.E. and turn it into a written business plan. Dates for this one-week program are July 25-29, 2011.
E.S.C.A.P.E is designed to give high school students with a passion for business an understanding of and appreciation for the process of starting a business and maintaining ethical business practices. E.S.C.A.P.E is open to highly-motivated high school students who have a passion for business and wish to learn more about entrepreneurship.
Each day is packed with lectures from NSU professors and South Florida business leaders, lively discussions, and interactive exercises. Topics include:
Day 1: Introduction to entrepreneurship
Day 2: Developing a business plan
Day 3: Formulating a marketing plan
Day 4: Financial planning
Day 5: Presentation of business plans to real CEOs
“Our goal is to educate as well as inspire the young entrepreneur as we take them through the key steps of starting a business,” said Janet Goldstein, CPA, M.B.A., associate director for the camp. “Participants will have the unique opportunity of learning from distinguished college professors, successful entrepreneurs from our community, and current Huizenga Business School entrepreneur students.”
E.S.C.A.P.E campers will also get a sense of college life when they visit the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, the Don Taft University Center, and tour the Nova Southeastern University campus.
For more information or to register, please visit www.huizenga.nova.edu/ESCAPE or call 954-262-5139.
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Media Contact:
Brandon Hensler, NSU Office of Public Affairs
954-262-5385 (office), 954-393-5926 (cell), brandon.hensler@nova.edu