UPEI business students are at it again
Five business students recently took part in the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C.) hosted at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario. UPEI brought an ethics team and a business policy team to compete in Canada's premier undergraduate business case competition.
The ethics team, consisting of Duncan Sturz and Kathleen Van Ekris, were awarded second place, while the business policy team, consisting of Alana McKie, Becky Arnold, and Janell MacDonald, were finalists. The competition's preliminary round brought together 165 submissions from 38 universities across Canada and around the world in eight divisions including: accounting, business policy, debate, ethics, finance, HR, marketing, and management information systems.
Sturz enjoyed preparing for and competing in the competition, 'It's been an excellent learning, networking, and team-building experience,' he said. 'And although the UPEI School of Business is small relative to most universities who attended the competition, I can confidently say I felt no disadvantage representing our ambitious Island university.'Sturz' teammate Van Ekris agreed, 'It was a lot of hard work but it was nice to be able to show that such a small school can still perform on a national scale.'
This was UPEI's first year applying to the competition and the case team was delighted to have two preliminary round submissions selected to compete in the competition's final round. Alan Duncan, dean of UPEI's School of Business was thrilled to learn of the students' success. 'Their motivation and dedication highlights the benefits of hard work.' Professor Duncan also believes the win reflects UPEI's ability to successfully compete against other universities, regardless of their size. He added, 'These results, coming from this environment, continue to illustrate the unique benefits that UPEI provides. These students make all of UPEI proud of the experiences we share.'
More information on the I.C.B.C. competition
UPEI Faculty supervisor: Edward Gamble, Assistant Professor, UPEI School of Business
UPEI advisors: Kyle Smith and Ashley Adams
Finalist teams in ethics: Concordia University, Dalhousie University, Okanagan College, Saint Mary's University, University of Calgary, and UPEI
Finalist teams in business policy: Concordia University, Okanagan College, Queensland University of Technology (Australia), University of British Columbia, UPEI, and the University of Regina
For more information: http://icbconline.ca/
