After months of preparation, hours spent practicing with team members and consulting with business professors, Western Michigan University was announced the winner of the Association for Corporate Growth Western Michigan (ACGWM) Cup and a combined $5,000 prize at our March 23, 2010 Outstanding Growth Awards.
Nick Adamy, of Adamy Valuation partners and a judge for the ACG Cup final round, said teams were able to, "under hard questioning, think quickly on their feet and demonstrate knowledge of fundamental principles."
While the teams all presented solid strategies and advice, judges felt that Western Michigan University gave the best solutions to the case.
"All three of the teams (Davenport University, Grand Valley State University and WMU) at the final round did a very nice job," Tom Olive, President of Elan Nutrition and judge for the second round, said. "They did a lot of work and presented well. We’re really pleased to have students that were willing to put that much time and effort into this case study."
The Association for Corporate Growth Western Michigan hopes the ACG Cup competition will remind local businesses that talent is still in West Michigan and encourage them to look more closely at local university graduates when seeking new employees.
For this purpose ACG has put together Resume Book of all ACG Cup team participants, to recieve a copy of this book, please contact the ACG office at 616.732.7149 or via email at admin@acgwmich.org
WMU's Winning Team was comprised of (L-R) Jon Andrews, Faisal Allaboon, Vincent May and Philip Hammond.