NASHVILLE, Tenn. – An information session on Accelerator – Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute at the Owen Graduate School of Management will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 222 at the Owen School. Undergraduate students from Vanderbilt and other area colleges and universities and their parents are invited to learn more about Vanderbilt’s unique summer program, and students attending the information session are eligible for a program discount.
Now in its second year, Accelerator – Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute is designed to provide an intense immersion into business life. Through this program, a select group of college undergraduates – and those who’ve just graduated – will develop the skills they need to land meaningful internships or their first jobs and to get up to speed quickly and start making an impact once they’ve done so. The program is open to students in any major – from engineering to communications and business.
The four-week program will be offered on the Vanderbilt campus from May 27 to June 25. It will be taught by a team of Owen School faculty whose mission it will be to supplement each participant’s strengths and refine the critical skills companies seek. The program is a marriage of academic instruction, practical job skills development, real project experience and networking with the business community.
Pizza will be served at the information session. Reservations for the information session are required and can be made by calling 615-343-6291 or sending an email to accelerator@owen.vanderbilt.edu.
Founded in 1969, the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University is ranked as a top institution by BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, Financial Times and Forbes. For more news about Owen, visit www.owen.vanderbilt.edu. Information on Accelerator is available at www.owen.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/Programs/accelerator/index.cfm.
Media contact: Susanne Hicks, (615) 322-NEWS
susanne.hicks@vanderbilt.edu