Student activities and campus life are exceptionally active at NEOMA. Here we look back at 3 of the April highlights. 

1/ NEOMACT Awards are a just reward for students who shake things up 

The finals of the second year of NEOMACT Awards took place in late March and early April over our three campuses. This was a chance to recognise and reward student society projects in one of 3 categories. 

Engaged for Society: 

Cheer’Upa won an award for its Bandan’Up project, which involves making and selling bandanas in partnership with the Backstage student society, to raise both awareness and funds for people affected by cancer.

Viking won it for The Day of 13 April 2024, a festival celebrating the heritage of Rouen organised on the cathedral forecourt. The aim was to reinforce social cohesion by bringing together local people, shopkeepers, associations and institutions around local heritage.

Engaged for Diversity:

Culture Co took the award for Spring Days, a day of celebration aimed at promoting cultural diversity through stands featuring students of different cultures, to promote their inclusion.

Engaged for the Planet:

Enactus won the prize for La Penderie Oubliée (The Forgotten Wardrobe), a community second-hand shop promoting the circular economy and reducing textile waste.

Ethika impressed the judges with their Weekend Ramble, two days walking and exploring the Breton countryside, enjoying 100% vegetarian food and using eco-responsible means of transport.

In Paris, Single prize NEOMACT Awards: Offrir un Sourire (Giving a Smile) won the prize with their Repas pour Tous (Meals for Everyone), a project distributing meals to homeless people in Paris, with the accent on the participants sharing the experience and showing solidarity.

2 / NEOMA organised NEODEBATs for students in the preparatory classes

On 4 April, the Paris Campus hosted the NEO Debates, a new public-speaking competition designed by the Marketing Department in collaboration with APHEC. Ten teams from the first year of the preparatory classes presented their ideas on a demanding topic of current affairs: war and the economy. In front of an audience of 140 students from the economics preparatory classes and 20 members of the teaching staff, the finalists showed conviction, shrewd powers of analysis and great creativity in their speeches.

• The Audience Prize was awarded to the team from the Lycée Chevrollier in Angers, the ‘Bellumières’
• The Judges’ Prize was presented to the ‘Économistes Rabelaisiens’ from the Lycée CFA François Rabelais in Saint-Brieuc

To further enhance the debate, David Baverez, a well-known essayist and writer, ended the day by sharing his perceptive vision of current major geopolitical upheavals.

3/ Future students experience life at a top Business School (NEOMA WEEK) 

From 14 to 16 April, the Reims campus hosted the third NEOMA Week. This comprised three days of immersion, allowing preparatory class students to experience life as a student at a top School of Management. Participants attended interactive workshops, inspiring talks (especially with Gilbert Cette, economist and NEOMA professor), presentations on the Master in Management, coaching for interviews in English and those focussed on personality, discovered student society life and enjoyed a guided tour of the campus and the City of Reims. The 80 students were hosted by the Marketing, Promotion & Recruitment and Entrance Exams teams of NEOMA Busine