<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2022/rising-stars.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>11/23/2022</pubDate><title>Students Excel in Immersive Sales Simulation Program</title><description>As part of their “Negotiations and Sales” class, students took part in a unique and hands-on sales program, honing their skills by role playing with a bot. Several students placed in the top five percent of the thousands who took part in the program, earning the “rising star” recognition.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>November 23, 2022</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/2022/rising-stars-statue.jpg" alt="The Charger statue at the University of New Haven."/></image><image-caption>The Charger statue at the University of New Haven.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2022</tag></tags></item>