Published: March 27, 2015
UT Graduate Students Win Regional Case Study Competition for Third Year
For the third year in a row, a University of Tampa team of master’s degree students won the Tampa Bay ACG (Association for Corporate Growth) Cup competition at the University Club in downtown Tampa.
The team, which consisted of Denae Heath MBA '15, Michael Howard MBA '15 M.S. '15, Tatenda Uta M.S. '15 and Kelli Wiedinger MBA '15, finished ahead of teams from Rollins College, University of South Florida and University of Florida. The team shared in over $9,000 in prize money provided by major firms associated with ACG.
The ACG Cup is a case study competition designed to give students from leading MBA programs across the country real world experience and invaluable insights into mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, financial advisory and private equity. Each case study provides students with a unique opportunity to present valuation, capital markets and merger and acquisition (M&A) strategic advice to a panel of seasoned M&A professionals from within the ACG community.
According to Dan Verreault, team advisor and associate professor of accounting, the judges noted the incredible skill in presentation, professionalism and command over the technical details of the case exhibited by the UT team. The judges also complimented the team’s “focus and insights on the strategic issues that were so important in this year’s case.”
The ACG Cup is carried out through a series of intra-school and regional competitions, with regional winners awarded the prestigious ACG Cup for display at the school and cash awards.
The public accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath LLP was the principal sponsor. ACG, the event sponsor, is the preeminent worldwide professional association of middle market financial advisors and dealmakers.
On Friday, April 17, a panel of four industry professionals will present the obstacles and challenges faced in today’s business environment related to whistleblowing.
The panel will be held at The University of Tampa Sykes College of Business, Room 234, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. This “Hot Seat Event” is sponsored by UT’s Center for Ethics. The public is invited, and there is no charge for the event.University of Tampa film students will screen their work at the first annual Moon Dance Film Festival at UT’s Reeves Theater on Tuesday, April 14, at 8:30 p.m.
Aaron Walker, assistant professor of communication, said the festival is an opportunity for UT students both to screen their work and to curate the best work of their peers.“It’s fully student-run, so it shows how deeply the students care about celebrating the strong work of their peers, but also shows how much desire there is for our FMA students to create venues of success for one another,” Walker said. “It’s a terrific collaboration, and will be a terrific party for film. Plus, the movies are great.”
The Sustainable Business Coalition of Tampa Bay Inc. and The University of Tampa Center for Ethics is calling for nominations for their annual Sustainable Business Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, June 10, at The University of Tampa’s Vaughn Center.
Now in its seventh year, the Sustainable Business Awards, sponsored by the Sustany Foundation, recognize and honor for-profit businesses in the Tampa Bay area that engage in practices that increase economic opportunities and improve the environment and community.