With the airport being one and a half hours away, it's taken quite some patience to get all of our international and air-travel students to the dorms and checked in. But we made it! Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan is absolutely gorgeous and the weather is TO DIE FOR! One of the days this week has a high of 66 degrees! Can you believe it?
This week, we have two students from Mexico and five students from Luxembourg participating in the challenge! We are so happy to have them here and for a chance to learn more about their culture and for them to learn about ours.
Ready, set, go! The students are getting to know one another and creating their companies. This week is a little unique! We only have three market industries this week:- Entertainment
- Concessions
- Style
We have quite a smaller group of students, HALF of what we have had the past two weeks actually. Nonetheless, these students are exceptionally bright and I can't wait to see what they have in store. There will be one concessions team, one style team and two entertainment teams!
All of the wonderful FELC counselors have introduced themselves and the students have split into their companies and have met their co-workers. Time to get crackin'! Each company elected their president, vice president, chief financial officer and purchaser. After that, they picked company names and decided on products and services that their business would offer! This free enterprise challenge is designed to really put these students to the test and push them to their limits and to help them turn a TRUE profit!
The FELC teams spent three hours brainstorming and making decisions for their company! The entertainment companies are planning movie nights, parties and even a Casino Night! Tomorrow is our first night of selling and lots of projects are coming their way. Hope they're ready!
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