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.
