Monday, November 14, 2016

Nota Bene: Fall 2016 Business Conference

Virginia Wesleyan’s student-led Business Conference, the Marlin Prestige, begins today and will continue throughout the week. Our campus community and guests throughout the Coastal Virginia region are invited to participate in workshops, presentations and interactive panels that embrace the fall 2016 theme, "A Networking Experience."
The Marlin Prestige represents months of hard work by students in Virginia Wesleyan's "Principles of Management" business course. Students coordinate all aspects of the event, exercising key management skills like product development, networking, and project and financial planning.

Virginia Wesleyan junior Heidi Brinker is the chief executive officer of the Marlin Prestige this semester. Heidi has worked with fellow students and faculty to develop a conference that provides beneficial information about building and maintaining a professional network.

Among this semester's guest speakers are The Brooklyn Baking Barons (Tony Lanuza and Chris Poeschl, by invite only), Jerome Brinker, Associate Director of the Old Dominion University Center for Enterprise Innovation, Venetia Huffman, Vice President of Operations and Compliance at CVI, and Tony DiSilvestro, Co-owner of Ynot Italian.

Daily activities will include a meet-and-greet with Norfolk Admirals Anthony Calabrese and Adam Phillips, the Virginia Maritime Association Career Fair, the popular "Shark Tank" presentations, which closely mirror the hit ABC television series, as well as alumni and faculty panels. For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit the Marlin Prestige
webpage.

Thanks to Associate Professor of Management, Business, and Economics Dr. Paul Ewell and the VWC Business Department faculty and students for hosting this engaging conference for our community.