Business Leaders for Tomorrow
Are you a high school student interested in exploring a career in business?
Messiah University offers high school juniors and seniors a unique opportunity to explore and experience career possibilities in the broad world of business through the Business Leaders for Tomorrow program.
What is the Business Leaders for Tomorrow program?
Business Leaders for Tomorrow students participate in a one-year cohort program, with a fall start date, which includes these three different program components:
High school students can earn college credit by taking at least two of the following courses* via dual enrollment from Messiah University:
- ACCT 141 Financial Accounting (offered on-campus fall and spring, and online in summer)
- ACCT 242 Managerial Accounting (offered on-campus fall and spring)
- MRKT 130 Marketing Principles (offered on-campus fall and spring, and online in fall)
- ECON 120 Principles of Macroeconomics (offered on-campus fall and spring, and online in fall)
- ECON 220 Principles of Microeconomics (offered on-campus fall and spring)
- BUSA 120 Principles of Management (offered on-campus fall and spring, and online in summer)
*Students in the Business Leaders for Tomorrow program can take additional courses via dual enrollment that may meet major and/or general education requirements. To learn more about dual enrollment at Messiah University visit
Students receive invitations to events on Messiah University's campus such as:
- Impact Venture Challenge finale
- Messiah Business Institute events
- Business Advisory Council luncheons
- Entrepreneurship Advisory Council luncheons
- Marketing Club meetings
- Accounting Club meetings
- Investment Club meetings
- Economic Empowerment club meetings
- Business Leaders for Tomorrow students will complete one or more experiences (minimum of 15 hours total) that expose them to one or more aspects of business
- These experiences may include an internship, job shadowing or part-time employment
- Experiential learning is led by the school district where the student is enrolled. Messiah University provides the experiential learning template to the student’s school district.
- The student’s school district designs, administers and oversees the experiential component. In many cases school districts have an existing program that can be utilized to meet this requirement. The Messiah Business Department Faculty will follow up with students and/or school district personnel to answer questions. Students will submit documentation to the Messiah Business Department verifying that they have met the requirement. Students will not be earning Messiah University credit for this experience; however, their school district may award credit per the district guidelines.
Business Leaders for Tomorrow student outcomes
In addition to gaining a deeper understanding and exposure to various opportunities in the business world, students who complete the Business Leaders for Tomorrow program receive a certificate of completion from Messiah University and earn six college credits if they successfully complete the program’s dual enrollment coursework.
What costs are involved for students?
While there is no charge to participate in the Business Leaders for Tomorrow program itself, students do incur the costs associated with:
- Tuition for dual enrollment courses (90 percent discounted price from Messiah’s usual per-credit charge)
- Travel associated with events or taking classes on Messiah’s campus (if applicable)
Why partner with Messiah University?
Messiah is known for the quality of its Business Department and preparing students to be successful, ethical and highly effective business leaders, nationally and internationally.
Messiah offers both in-person and online dual enrollment courses
Messiah provides the opportunity for high school students to get a head start on earning college credit with college-level business-focused courses offered at a deeply discounted cost.
Next steps
Students who are interested in participating in the Business Leaders of Tomorrow program in their school district should . When filling out the application, there is a specific field to indicate interest in the Business Leaders for Tomorrow program.
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