An Elgin Park Secondary student was among four high school winners of the first-ever Laurier Business Case Competition.
The April win earned Kevin Lin and Grade 11 teammates Matthew Hart, Phillip Pennell (of St. George’s High School) and Talya Cohen of King David High School the right to attend the recent three-day Leadership in Business Conference at Wilfrid Laurier University.
As part of the one-day business-case competition, students joined Laurier faculty, students and alumni to develop and present a plan to help an energy drink company expand and increase sales. A panel of faculty and business leaders selected the proposal that best met the goals of the company and was most realistic to implement.
The competition gave the students “an introduction to university-level case-based learning and the opportunity to think critically about business problems and solutions,” said Laurier professor Laura Allan.
The conference took place May 12-14.