Professionalism is one of the four pillars the PwC Scholars program focuses on to develop future leaders. Opportunities here include:
Sophomore Case Competition
The PwC Scholars Sophomore Case Challenge takes place over the course of a few weeks in the spring semester. All sophomore Scholars are separated into teams and select a problem or trend. Teams select datasets and use Tableau, Alteryx and Excel to analyze and visualize the data. Each team presents their findings on the selected problem in a first round to a panel of PwC professionals over Zoom.
Three teams are selected to present their findings to a second panel of PwC professionals during the sophomore trip. The trip is a one-day event where all sophomore Scholars spend the day at the PwC office in NYC. During the day, the students network with Binghamton University alumni and former PwC Scholars. Interactive activities provide Scholars with insight into the firm prior to viewing the presentations of the three finalist teams.
After the winning team is announced, the students and professionals spend time socializing at dinner, as well as an evening entertainment event that in the past has included sporting events or Broadway shows.
Committees
PwC Scholars join various internal committees to facilitate the organization and implementation of the program.
Community Service
This committee helps plan the large-scale community service project that takes place in April. Tasks range from research to strategic design and layout. The committee may have visits and meetings at the project site at several points during the year.
Admissions
This committee focuses on marketing strategies and finding ways to inform prospective students about the program. This includes the creation and distribution of recruiting materials, reaching out to high school students via email or phone and events such as "Shadow a Scholar Day" or "Admitted Students Night at PwC".
Fundraising
Three committees are formed throughout the year to plan and run the annual Ignite, Date Auction and MarketWatch fundraisers. There are three main roles within these committees:
- Professional Engagement: reach out to professionals and communicate with them regarding event details
- Logistics: plan when and where the event will happen and ensure everything runs smoothly during the event
- Marketing: determine target audience, market the event, keep track of attendance
