The Graduate Programs in Business at the Barton School of Business recently brought undergraduate and graduate students together for the Barton School’s Business Challenge. This event was an immersive, interdisciplinary case competition designed to strengthen collaboration, analytical thinking and real-world problem solving.
Open to all Barton School majors and minors, the competition drew 48 students across 12 teams. Participants were given one week to independently analyze and develop solutions to a complex business case without the support of faculty or outside advisors. The case, centered on a fictitious Riverfest scenario, was written by Barton School faculty member Justin Keeler.
Meet the teams that placed:
First place team:
- Julia Stark
- Don Philips
- Mikhail Lindsay
- Robert Lang
Second place team:
- Megana Paramal Viswanathan
- Takudzwa Nhamo
- Teseandre Hamilton
Third place team:
- Marysol Montiel
- Justin Van
- Ashira Kelly