News from Champlain College
Luke Zarzeka of Poughquag, NY participated in the 2016 Elevator Pitch competition at Champlain College.
BURLINGTON, VT (02/17/2016)– Luke Zarzeka of Poughquag, NY participated in the 2016 Elevator Pitch competition at Champlain College.
The contest, which is put on by Champlain College’s Build Your Own Business (BYOBiz) Program, Career Services, the Center for Service & Civic Engagement, and the Office of Advancement, requires students to give a 90-second “pitch” about a business idea to an executive (who is known as “the suit”) as they ride together in a fictional elevator. The three categories of competition are Entrepreneurs, Job/Internship Seekers, and Non-Profit/Social Advocates.
Winners in each category receive $500, second place $300 and third place $100. Support for the the competition is provided by KeyBank.
All academic divisions were represented in the competition, with 38 students from the Stiller School of Business, 10 from the division of Communication and Creative Media, two students from the Education and Human Studies department, eight students from the Information Technology and Sciences department and three graduate students participating.
~~Since 1878, Champlain College has provided career-focused education to students from its hilltop campus in Burlington, Vt. Champlain’s distinctive educational approach embodies the notion that true learning only occurs when information and experience come together to create knowledge. Champlain offers traditional undergraduate and online undergraduate courses, along with online certificate and degree programs and 11 master’s degree programs. Champlain offers study abroad programs at its campuses in Montreal, Quebec and Dublin, Ireland. Champlain College is included in the Princeton Review’s The Best 379 Colleges: 2015 Edition. Champlain was named a “Top-Up-and-Coming School” by U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges and is ranked in the top tier of 2015 Regional Colleges in the North. For more information, visit www.champlain.edu
