Article by LIHerald.com’s Tom Carrozza:
For more than a decade, Molloy University has welcomed high school students from across Long Island who are seeking to become the next generation of businessmen and businesswomen. After two years as a virtual seminar, the program returned in person on the school’s campus last week.
From June 27 to 29, 84 incoming high school seniors gathered at Molloy ready for three days of intensive seminars, group projects and real-world trading scenarios. They were guided throughout each session by a team of Molloy educators and current students.
Associate Deans Dawn DiStefano and Bruce Haller led students like Rockville Centre residents Gavin Goodlad, a South Side High School senior, and Kellenberg senior Matthew Ingram through the programs, a few of which stood out as especially rewarding for the students.
Ingram took a Molloy business course at Kellenberg this year, and jumped at the chance to take another. As part of the Lion’s den, Molloy’s version of ‘Shark Tank,’ Ingram and his team pitched edible tape to hold burritos together.
“‘Shark Tank’ was fun as a chance to be creative and do the pitching and marketing sides of business,” Ingram said.
“That was really fun to just hop in with five people I’ve never met before and create an idea within two hours,” Goodlad added.In a “Buy, Sell, Hold” Wall Street simulation trading game, teams of students swapped candy and Monopoly money while news about each candy stock came in randomly. Students attended a Beat the Street seminar with Molloy professor and former Goldman Sachs financial analyst Dr. Steven Kent to prepare them for the real-world example.
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