<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2022/busa-pitch-competition-fall-2022.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>12/21/2022</pubDate><title>Hands-On Business and Entrepreneurship Course Enables Students to Create Innovative Business Plans</title><description>As part of the University’s BUSA 1000 “Introduction to Business and Entrepreneurship” course, students developed their own business plans, then presented their work to the University community. The immersive course has enabled 1,100 students to build their research, teamwork, and presentation skills over the past nine semesters.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>December 21, 2022</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/2022/busa-pitch-competition-fall-2022-5.jpg" alt="Interim President Sheahon Zenger, Ph.D. (far right), and students at the competition."/></image><image-caption>Interim President Sheahon Zenger, Ph.D. (far right), and students at the competition.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2022</tag></tags></item>