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Business Conference Explores Pathway to Success April 24-28
Community members invited to Marlin Prestige workshops, presentations, interactive panels
News Release | April 21, 2017
Virginia Wesleyan College’s student-led Business Conference—branded “The Marlin Prestige”—will take place April 24-28, inviting community members to participate in free workshops, presentations and interactive panels that embrace the spring 2017 theme, "The Pathway to Success: People, Process and Performance."
The biannual conference is the culmination of months of hard work by students in the Virginia Wesleyan business course, "Principles of Management." Students coordinate all aspects of the event, exercising key management skills like product development, networking, and project and financial planning.
The conference will feature a variety of guest speakers, among them Jon Pruden, co-owner and president of specialty food retailer Taste Unlimited; Travis Malone, Dean of the Susan S. Goode School of Arts and Humanities and professor of theatre at Virginia Wesleyan College; Chris Dotolo, financial advisor at Edward Jones; Bob Groves, business coach, strategist and founder of Bob Groves Coaching; and Ken Trinder, chief executive officer of EOS Surfaces, L.L.C.
Daily activities will once again include the popular Introduction to Business class "Shark Tank" presentations, which closely mirror the popular ABC television series, the Information Systems Programs (ISP) class presentations, interactive alumni and faculty career panels as well as an Internship Gala. Conference activities are free and open to the public.
For more information and a complete schedule of events visit the Marlin Prestige webpage.