Providing freshman students opportunities to create, innovate, and lead through comprehensive business plan development.
The Freshman Experience Biz 1+2 provides first-year students hands-on education through various applied-learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom. Throughout two semesters, this learning cohort lays the groundwork and foundation of business knowledge through elements of entrepreneurship and functional areas. It’s designed to help students decide if they’d like to continue onto a business major, double major, or change program after one year. Working with dedicated faculty and state-of-the-art facilities, it’s a unique experience compared to students at other business colleges that aren’t exposed to these learnings until their second or third year.
Business plans are presented to a panel of alums and industry experts in the fall semester for professional guidance. Students continue to work on their projects throughout the spring semester and present them once again. This years winners were determined in both Professor Molly McGowan and Professor Rick Lagiewski Ph.D. classes.
2023-2024
Audio Armor - Best Product
- Maggie Birmingham ‘27 (marketing and global business management)
- Kaitlin Black ‘27 (finance
- Sean Crowley ‘27 (finance)
Welcome to Gatezy - Best Product
- Eason Chin’27 (finance)
- Riston Bertoli ‘27
- Madison Macko ‘27
- Sara Wild ‘27
- L Zheng ’27 (management information systems)
Filter X “Practically Pure - Best Pitch
- Taylor Drummond ‘27
- Chloe Kress ‘28 (marketing)
- Stefan Rogowski
- Michael Thompson
LaundryLink - Best Pitch
- Sofia DePasquale ‘27 (marketing)
- Elizabeth Robertson ‘23 (marketing)
- William Van Zandt
2022-2023
Professor McGowan’s Class
The Arc Backpack - Best Product
- Sean Bastien ‘26 (global business management)
- Sehaj Singh ‘26 (global business management)
- Charlie Slaymaker ‘26 (business exploration)
- Brian Yan ‘26 (finance).
Metaheat Glove - Best Pitch
- Kayleigh Gallagher ‘26 (marketing)
- Rania Sabri ‘26 (global business management)
- Blessing Smith ‘26 (management information systems)
Professor Lagiewski’s class
Sleep Tight LLC - Best Product
- Anushka Nagaraj ‘26 (global business management)
- Esther Nguyen ‘26 (finance)
- Justeena Paulson ‘26 (finance)
- Abhir Saluja ‘26 (business exploration)
- Andrea Santos Vega ‘26 (global business management)
Laundry Rollpack - Best Pitch
- Rachel O’Connor ‘26 (global business management)
- Ethan Maharaj ‘26 (management information systems)
- Zane Warren ‘26 (management information systems)
- Roselyn Vazquez ‘26 (hospitality and tourism management)
2021-2022
Bye Bye Bag
- Nick Lucarini'25 (business administration and management)
- Halle Wagner '25 (supply chain management)
- Jeremy Heise'26 (accounting)
- Parker Hoyt'25 (marketing)
Tiger Taxi
- Tre'Ahna Gains'26 (MBA)
- Felix-Nadine Herweg
- Michael Santoro
- Evan Snyder'25 (accounting)
2020-2021
B Straws
- Jada Jennings'24 (management information systems)
- Justin McFadden'23 (management information systems)
EZ Waste
- Ayushi Patel'24 (marketing)
- Jessica Klein'25 (supply chain management)
- Seth Russo'24 (management)
2019-2020
StylleUp
- Nishad Pasricha(management information systems)
- Leah Norton'23 (management information systems)
- Nicholas Molinari'22 (accounting)
- Hannah Springer'23 (accounting)
Toasty Toes
- Mitch Hitchcock'23 (marketing)
- Mike Penna'23 (management information systems)
- Elizabeth Ferrari'23 (accounting)
2018-2019
footFit
- Anna Loso'22 (management information systems)
- Allea Scarfone'22 (marketing)
- Alexander Rohring'21 (new media marketing), '22 (MBA)
Paralline
- Evelyn Bilodeau'22 (new media marketing)
- Landon Nolta'22 (management)
- Chandler Simpson(marketing)
- Ryan Stack'22 (accounting)
- Isabella Wojnovich'22 (finance and marketing)
2017-2018
MyBrush
- Lucy Brown'21 (international business and management information systems)
- Emma Chew'21 (international business and management information systems)
- Dominick Crisci'20 (management information systems)
- Madeline Tremblay'21 (management information systems and new media marketing)
- Maggie Sperry'20 (new media marketing)
ZipBox
- Lauryn Mattoon'20 (marketing), '23 (MBA)
- Christopher Bove'21 (management information systems)
- Camille Hawkins
- Jose Elizardi-Colindres
2016-2017
LifestyleLoop
- Brian Tsai'18 (management information systems)
- Samantha Wagner'19 (new media marketing)
- Jackson D. Wikstrom(finance)
- William Win
SHOWCASE
- Matthew Colosi'20 (management information systems)
- Jarod Farchione(management information systems)
- Jessica Morrone'19 (marketing)
- Chelsy Ray'19 (international business), '20 (MBA)
2015-2016
TechHub
- Derek Piotrowski'19 (management information systems), '20 (MBA)
- Maya Patel'19 (finance and management information systems)
- Shayne Mogilski'20 (new media marketing)
- Kelley Rivers
ONYXgo
- Jaden Dominguez'20 (finance and international business), '21 (TIME)
- Samuel Kadezabek'19 (new media marketing), '20 (MBA)
- Max Kitabayashi'16 (marketing)
- Maria Tovar'20 (management information systems and new media marketing)