Two Beacom School of Business Students Take Home Top Prizes at Competition
The Beacom School of Business took a total of seven students to the Midwest Regional Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they were joined by students from 12 other schools. Students had the opportunity to compete in a variety of events, including the Pro-Am Sell-A-Thon and the Marketing Case Competition.
The Pro-Am Sell-A-Thon evaluates students’ ability to perform in a competitive environment, demonstrate verbal and nonverbal communication skills and understand the sales process in a business-to-business setting within a competition. A total of 70 students competed, including three students from the Beacom School of Business. Eli Richards, a junior marketing student from Mobridge, South Dakota, won the overall regional competition where he earned the first place trophy, as well as an all-expense paid trip and registration for the National Convention this March in Jacksonville, Florida.
This year’s Marketing Case Competition was sponsored by UPS, and they asked students to develop ideas on ways that UPS could benefit small businesses. A total of 11 teams competed and each team had anywhere between 8-11 members from different universities. USD senior Paige Lonbaken competed in the case study competition and her team took first place. Lonbaken is a marketing major from Pierre, South Dakota.
“It was extremely rewarding to see Eli and Paige’s hard work pay off when they were presented their first place awards,” said associate professor of marketing Rand Wergin. “I am very proud to see our students compete at such a high level and their successes reflect the caliber of students we have at Beacom.”
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