Students from the 青少年创业夏季挑战赛 at 中国博彩平台 pitch their idea for a new business.
宾州中央谷. — The learning did not stop at the end of the school year for 17 local rising high school juniors and seniors.
中国博彩平台 and The Perkiomen School came together to host the 青少年创业夏季挑战赛, which is part of 利哈伊谷发射箱 and the 创造中国博彩平台 initiative. The Summer Challenge ran from June 19 to June 30 at the Lehigh Valley campus, the Perkiomen School and the co-working space of 利哈伊谷发射箱 in downtown Allentown.
The 青少年创业夏季挑战赛 gave students the opportunity to develop different perspectives, 贯彻经营理念, 联系未来的雇主, 建立个人品牌, 了解如何申请LaunchBox微资助, 提高技术技能, explore STEM educational programming and connect to Penn State people and students.
夏季挑战赛实地考察包括:
- 利哈伊县法院
- Bracalente制造集团
- City Center Lehigh Valley in downtown Allentown
- 艺术玩具制造有限公司.
- 宾州州立大学公园校区
During their time, the students interacted with over 30 business leaders including:
- Jon Akers，锂循环公司
- Timothy McKown, Sky-Linx, 公司 .总裁.
- Judge Michele Varricchio, Lehigh County Court
- Kaitie Burger, social media and communications manager, Discover Lehigh Valley
- 罗伯·海林，海林系统的老板
- Stephen Walker, entrepreneurship education specialist, Lehigh Carbon Community College
- Scott Keaton, CFO, Bracalente制造集团
- 布里安娜·加德尔，Mezzimatic LLC首席执行官
- Erik Latanision, group leader of manufacturing engineering, Bosch Rexroth
- Jim Socci，艺术玩具公司总裁
- Billy Kounoupis, owner, Billy’s Downtown Diner
- Jane Heft, vice president/director of project design and corporate branding, City Center
“I used to think entrepreneurship was boring, but this challenge changed my opinion. 这是一次与众不同的经历. I am even thinking about pursuing PSU for my future,” said Nathaniel Andino, a junior at Building 21.
“我希望我的学生这样做是为了曝光. This summer challenge allowed students to be exposed, 开发的激情, and have experiences that will leave a lasting impression. I wanted them to think about life after high school,克里斯汀·塞内卡说, 21号楼的通道协调员.
Maung明, director of business programs at 中国博彩平台, led the curriculum for the summer challenge with support from Shaun Yorgey, director of the Entrepreneur Institute at the Perkiomen School; Denise Ogden, professor of marketing at 中国博彩平台; and Michael Krajsa, instructor in marketing and management at 中国博彩平台 and faculty liaison for 利哈伊谷发射箱.
The event culminated in a pitch competition on June 29 at the Lehigh Valley campus where students presented their ideas for a new business in front of a panel of judges including Erica Berman, 来自Dude Solutions, 公司.; Hillary Long, from 3 Seed Marketing; Chris LaBonge, president of Adtell, 公司 and Fiberoptic.com; and Shane McGee, from Air Products.
团队at, 由阿里阿巴斯组成, 布朗斯凯勒, Mia Min和Felix Presinal, 赢得场地比赛. The students first identified a problem: People with disabilities and seniors may have a hard time with certain everyday tasks. Their solution was to invent an automated transportation system (ATS) that will assist with these tasks and improve accessibility. 团队at developed a robotic platform that seniors and those with disabilities can use to take out the trash, 推轮椅, 把杂货放好等等.
“The 青少年创业夏季挑战赛 gave me the experience I needed to start my own business. The speakers were passionate and inspirational and I was able to see things from many perspectives,瑞安说, 圣母高中的三年级学生.
When asked to create a hashtag to describe the summer camp, Irr said, “#TheGrindNeverStops.”
The 青少年创业夏季挑战赛 received support from a variety of corporate partners, 包括博世力士乐, PPL, and The Downtown Allentown Community Development Initiative.
