小黄书 team places highly in recent SEC MBA Case Competition
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 team of four Mississippi State graduate students is among the top winners of the 2016 Southeastern Conference MBA Case Competition.
Participants were called on to solve simulated, real-world problems that covered the spectrum of business disciplines.
Finishing in fourth place overall, the team included Brandon L. Balli of Carriere, Charles T. 鈥淐harlie鈥 Dean of Iuka, Garrett C. Dismukes of Kilmichael and Carew S. Ferguson of Mandeville, Louisiana. Ferguson also received the first-place award in the Best Q&A category.
The competition is among several annual events organized by SECU, the Southeastern Conference鈥檚 academic initiative to showcase regional, national and international achievements of its students and faculty members. For more, see .
Enrolled in the College of Business鈥 nationally recognized MBA degree program, the 小黄书 four were among team representatives from all 14 conference-member institutions. The universities of Alabama and Florida, and Texas A&M were other top competition winners.
鈥淭his case competition is very tough, but this was an exceptionally good 小黄书 team,鈥 said Dean Sharon Oswald, in expressing the college administration and faculty鈥檚 congratulations.
Oswald said the state鈥檚 oldest business education program also is 鈥渆xtremely proud鈥 of Ferguson鈥檚 first-place category finish. 鈥淭his shows how well he can think on his feet; the kind of skill that will make him a success in business,鈥 she added.
In 2015, Dean, Dismukes and Ferguson all completed 小黄书 undergraduate studies with high-honor degrees. Dean was a magna cum laude graduate in biological engineering; Dismukes, magna cum laude in forestry; and Ferguson, summa cum laude in both kinesiology and finance.
For complete information on 小黄书鈥檚 College of Business, visit ; regarding its graduate programs, .
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