Case team eager to get on the road and show its stuff

As the reputation of the college’s Case Competition Club team as a tough competitor grows, so do invitations to participate in contests at universities across the country and globe. With a newly elected executive board in place, the team is looking forward to the coming school year and hoping the pandemic does not stop them from participating in scheduled events. 

To date, the team has invitations to the NHH International Case Competition in Norway this October, the Universidad Panamericana Case Competition in Mexico in November, the Georgetown University Business Challenge in Washington, D.C., in February, and the University of Washington Global Business Case Competition in April. 

Case competitions allow students to apply skills and concepts they learn in classes to solve a real-world challenge presented to them by a company. The teams first analyze internal and external factors affecting the situation, then create solutions and present them to a team of judges, who typically are business professionals and consultants. The company providing the case gains valuable ideas developed by the student teams, and students benefit from the judges’ feedback on how to improve their critical thinking, analytical and presentation skills. Typically, FSU students have an opportunity to travel to at least six competitions a year. 

New board members include: president, Shayla Lucey, management and marketing senior; co-vice presidents for competitions, Emily Menia, marketing senior, and Caitlyn Corey, real estate senior; vice president for recruitment, Chase Allen, marketing senior; vice president for administration, Yasmin Paris, accounting sophomore; vice president for marketing, Sarah Cavanaugh, marketing senior; vice president for programming, Santiago Nunez, finance and marketing junior; co-vice presidents for external affairs, Kahlell Gray, marketing and management information systems junior, and Caitlin Stevens, accounting and finance senior. Tim Kinney, senior lecturer in the Department of Marketing, is the club’s faculty advisor