JA Titan challenge

YOUNGSTOWN

Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University and Junior Achievement of the Mahoning Valley will host the 10th annual JA Titan Business Challenge from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Williamson Hall on campus.

More than 75 students from a dozen high schools in Ashtabula, Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties will attend, using an interactive online business simulation called JA Titan that shows what it takes to compete in the marketplace and to run a successful business. Teams are paired with local business mentors for the first two rounds of the competition.

The event begins with a morning keynote speech from Jessica Borza, executive director of the Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition, and also includes a lunchtime keynote presentation by Elijah Stambaugh of Illuminate Education.