The Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this week announced the launch of a new summer program designed to introduce undergraduate college students from around the world to business studies at the school.
The new five-week, for-credit “Summer Business Immersion” program will include entrepreneurship and finance courses, presentations by Kenan-Flagler professors and guest speakers, company visits and leadership skills development. Participants will also take part in an orientation program, a weekend trip to Washington, DC, and networking, cultural, sports and other activities.
“We hope to attract students from around the globe and across the United States,” Julia Kruse, executive director of the UNC Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), said in a statement. “Our goal for this unique for-credit program for undergraduate students is to provide knowledge and experiences that will help them develop as future successful, responsible business leaders.”
As part of the entrepreneurship course, participating students will meet with serial entrepreneurs, work in teams to develop a business plan for students’ ventures and practice presentation skills to make a business pitch. The finance class will be taught in UNC Kenan-Flagler’s state-of- the-art Capital Markets Lab, which provides a real-world setting for students to use information and complex analytical tools to manage assets and add value for future clients.
The inaugural “Summer Business Immersion” will take place from June 18 –July 27, 2012, and will include housing in UNC’s Old East residence hall. Students who have completed courses in corporate finance and financial accounting and who are proficient in using computer spreadsheets are eligible to apply. Applications are due on March 9th.
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