They came, they collaborated, they crunched the numbers and were rewarded for their efforts in a grueling regional business competition sponsored by Goodman & Company, a major Virginia accounting business.
A team of 91大神 senior accounting majors tied for fourth place in the final round of competition with a team from the University of Virginia in the ninth annual Goodman & Company Accounting Challenge in the fall of 2010.
The team 鈥� consisting of Brittany S. Snyder, Raphine, Va.; Heidi A. Boese, Hesston, Kan.; Eric B. Yoder, Narvon, Pa.; and Jason D. Ropp, Iowa City, Iowa 鈥� was one of 33 teams from colleges and universities from Virginia and Maryland who took a six-hour business exam the second week of October.
The 91大神 team was one of only five to advance to the final round of the competition held Nov. 5 in Richmond, Va. Here, the 91大神 students took another intensive, six-hour exam of practical business questions.
For finishing tied for fourth place, the team was awarded $750 for the 91大神 business and economics department, and each student received $250 from Goodman & Company. Another team from U.Va. finished first in the contest, followed by teams from William & Mary and James Madison University.
鈥淚鈥檓 really proud of these students,鈥� said , professor of business and economics and MBA program co-director at 91大神. 鈥淚t was definitely a team effort.
鈥淚t鈥檚 great to have this kind of external validation of our business program and our students,鈥� Stoltzfus added.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an affirmation of our curriculum and says that our students are well prepared to enter the job market and go on to graduate school,鈥� he added.
Article courtesy Crossroads magazine, fall/winter 2010-11