<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2019/business-expo.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>07/10/2019</pubDate><title>First-Year College of Business Students Pitch Innovative Ideas</title><description>After spending the semester researching and developing business ideas, more than 130 students had the opportunity to present their concepts to a panel of local executives.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>July 10, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2019/business-expo.jpg" alt="Image of the Nicholson Business Plan Expo"/></image><image-caption>Students pitched their concepts to a panel of judges at the inaugural Nicholson Business Plan Expo.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>