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CoBA Launches Expanded Summer 2025 Workshops
Serving San Diego鈥檚 Future Leaders
The College of Business Administration (CoBA) at CSU San Marcos offers Summer Workshops for high school students. The annual program offers students the chance to learn about a subject of their choice, in a real college setting, taught by expert instructors. The program is open to all and provides high school students with an understanding that a college education is available to everyone, including themselves.
The program has been held for 3 summers now and approximately 400 students have completed the workshops. The program started with 2 subjects in Summer 2023, Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship. Given its success, the workshops expanded in summer 2024 to include 2 additional workshops on Supply Chain Management and AI / Cybersecurity in Business. In summer 2025, enrollment in the 4 workshops was the largest yet. In addition, CoBA will expand to a 5th workshop that includes accounting material to be held in July 2025, in partnership with the National Association of Black Accountants. The pilot residential program is open to all and is on target to host nearly 30 students from across San Diego County.
The Summer Workshops are of service to the community and are an initiative through which CoBA has positive societal impact. Aligning with AACSB accreditation requirements, the program helps students take the first step toward becoming the workforce of tomorrow. Aligning with , the program builds 颁辞叠础鈥檚 brand in the region and helps students take the first step toward becoming the workforce of tomorrow. In addition, the summer workshops build brand awareness and contribute to the recruiting of future CoBA students.
The CoBA summer workshop program has been recognized for its service to the community. The college was a recipient of a $150,000 K16 Collaborative grant with half earmarked in support of the summer workshop program. The workshop program was also the recipient of a 2024 North San Diego Economic Development Council Devvie Award in recognition of its service to the economic development of the community. Please contact Dean Ronald Ramirez if you would like to learn more or how you can support this valuable program (rramirez@csusm.edu).