UOIT students put their business and game development skills to work at Northumberland CFDC

Five students from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's (UOIT) Faculty of Business and Information Technology (FBIT) spent the summer working with the Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) to help improve entrepreneurial development programs and initiatives in the Northumberland region.

Lucas Morgan, a second-year Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) student, supported the CFDC's finance and strategy programs in the role of Entrepreneurial Venture Analyst, gaining valuable investment, financing, accounting, management and consulting experience in the process

In addition, as part of their upper-year Capstone Study Project, four other FBIT undergraduate students teamed up to explore ways in which Northumberland CFDC can help establish and grow more gaming companies in the area. Project Co-ordinator Meaghan Lowry, a third-year Commerce student, worked with Arashdeep Wander and Yang Zhou, both third-year students in the Game Development and Entrepreneurship specialization, as well as fourth-year Commerce student Kisanth Sathiyalingam, to develop strategic recommendations for the corporation. The team presented the recommendations at UOIT's Student Research Showcase on August 20, and also organized and hosted Arcade Addicts, an event that gave the public a chance to test games currently in development. Arcade Addicts was held at an IDEAHUB event in Port Hope, Ontario on August 10.

Read the full story on the Northumberland CFDC website.