William Barone of Woodbridge Participates in Regional Business Competition

2012 Feb 7

William Barone of Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada, will compete, along with four other Huntington University students, in the I-69 Collegiate Innovation Challenge 2012 hosted by the Grant County Economic Growth Council on Feb. 10-12.

This regional business competition, held in Warsaw, Ind., will challenge area college students to create a solution to a social problem scenario. The assignment for this year's competition asks students to create a for-profit business solution that helps address the current low college graduate retention rate in east central Indiana.

Barone is a senior Entrepreneurial Small Business Management major at Huntington University.

"These students work well under pressure," said Anita Wickersham, associate professor of accounting and business at HU. "They have demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the entrepreneurial creative mindset in creating a business that benefits the community."

This year's winning team will each be awarded an iPad with the second place team each receiving a reward valued at $100. The third place team will walk away with a reward valued at $50. Each participating team will receive a plaque.

This is Huntington University's fifth year competing in the challenge.

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest, and Forbes.com has listed the university as one of America's Best Colleges. Additionally, Princeton Review has named the institution to its "Best in the Midwest" list. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The university is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

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