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Wright State accounting students placed in the final four for the fourteenth time at the 2011 Institute for Management Accountants (IMA) national competition. The students’ analysis of the case and fifteen-minute video presentation earned the team the opportunity to be one of four teams nationwide to compete before the IMA panel of judges in Orlando. Read more

Wright State celebrated its thirteenth final four placing case competition team at the annual IMA Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. This year’s team consisted of Karla Kober and Jeff Szkody (Master’s of Accountancy), Kate Lash and Candice Stetler (seniors, Accountancy and Finance), Corey Pennington (junior, Accountancy and Finance), and Dr. Dave Bukovinsky, faculty advisor. The case centered on Keenan’s Irish pub, and the students developed suggestions to increase the operational effectiveness and profitability of the pub which was located in a languishing economy.

Wright State has an unprecedented history in this competition and its teams are able to go beyond the classroom to enhance problem –solving and presentation skills.   Aside from competing, attending the conference was an excellent opportunity to network with CMAs, learn about careers, and become more involved with the IMA as students members.   As always, the Dayton Chapter was very accommodating. Even though the Raiders did not come home with a first place finish, going to the conference was a terrific experience for everyone involved.

Once again, Wright State University managed to have a team reach the finals of the Student Case Competition held during the National Conference in Denver. The team members this year were Emily Parker, Kate Lash, Jeff Szkody, Jeremy VanNess and Stephanie Jergens. The mantle as director has been transferred from Dr. John Talbott to Maggie Houston, professor of Accountancy. To compete at the conference, the team made a live presentation to a panel of four judges and then provided a response to the judges' question as the Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Five students from Wright State's Raj Soin College of Business continued the Department of Accountancy's national reputation for excellence by being selected for the 2008 Institute of Management Accountants (IMS) case competition.  The 2008 team consisting of Diana Dafler, Stephanie Jergens, Rocco Latino, Michael Pabst and William Ryan was one of only four teams selected from a field of top colleges in the nation invited to attend the IMA's Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida.

The students took a creative approach to this year's challenge by presenting their strategic recommendations as “the A-Team" in the video which qualified them for the final four.  According to John Talbott, Ph.D., a professor of accountancy and mentor to the team, the students were challenged to evaluate, interpret and synthesize strategic  accounting recommendations for a non-profit health-related organization that was facing rapid growth. 

For an unprecedented fifth time a group of Wright State accounting students under the direction of John Talbott have won the national Institute for Management Accoutants case competition.

This year's competition held in Boston had two teams of Raj Soin College of Business accounting students advancing to the final four teams.

The winning team consisted of Ashley Bussen, Chad Fast, James Holm, Sravan Reddy, and Andy Valerius.  The runners-up consisted of Scott Christy, Sheena Lambert, Kevin Locker, Kendra Newman, and Shannon Sinclair. 

For the first time in the history of the Institute of Management Accountant's National Student Case Competition, two teams from the same college of business have advanced to the final four championship, which will be contested in Chicago this summer.

L-R: Tim Waldeck, Derek Fullenkamp, Owen Wyss, Randall Harper, Brian Harrelson	L-R: Justin Stebbins, Gary Russell, Brett Duell, Seagan Robinson

The Raj Soin College of Business is that college, and is the only four-time winner of the case competition. Employing the topic of earnings management in financial reporting, the case confronts the complex ethical issues facing financial managers today. Under the tutelage of John Talbott, professor accountancy, the teams will make a live presentation to a panel of judges and then provide a response to the judges' questions.

FACULTY ADVISOR:
John C. Talbott

TEAM MEMBERS:
Kristy Bowling
Amit Gautam
R. Andrew Hostetter
Anne Kappeler