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![]() Learn more with our ACG Cup FAQs here!ACG Cup is an intercollegiate competition among business school students from colleges and universities across the nation. Retaining and recruiting talent in West Michigan is a major objective of the Cup competition for ACG's Western Michigan Chapter. During competition, students analyze complex business cases and present strategies involving merger and acquisition alternatives, valuation, capital markets, finance options, and corporate strategy. Student participants gain invaluable experience in a real-world context, receive feedback from leaders in the local business community, and create meaningful networks. |
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![]() One Competition! The ACG Cup competition will be held as a single competition open to all students who are currently registered at least half-time at participating colleges and universities during the 2023 - 2024 academic year. Participants are generally finance, accounting, marketing, international business, general business, supply chain, operations, and management majors, and teams may be comprised a mix of undergraduate and graduate students, or teams may be comprised of solely undergraduate or solely graduate students. There will be no separate divisions for undergraduates and graduate students. Recent graduates: Teams may have no more than one member who has recently obtained their undergraduate degree from the same college/university. This means students who graduate with their undergraduate degrees in December 2023 may compete with classmates who are still enrolled at the time of the competition. Image
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Prizes: The winning team will take home a cash prize of $6,000 plus each team advancing to the Final Round will receive and invitation to have dinner with ACG Cup judges, company representatives, or sponsors. The Case: The case study simulates a real-world business situation offering students a learning perspective that diverges from textbook examples. Faculty advisors are encouraged to provide guidance to students prior to the case being released to students, but after the case is released, professors are prohibited from offering advice, critiques, or detailed solutions after the case materials are distributed. Student Investment Clubs: Are you part of a student investment club and want someone to come and speak about ACG Cup? Contact ACG Cup Coordinator at hedwards@acg.org and we'll be sure to put your club in contact with our liaisons. Image
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Cup Update No. 1: 9/5/2023 | Cup Update No 2: 11/21/2023 | |
Cup Update No. 3: 12/8/2023 |
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The following list is comprised of colleges and universities that participated in our most recent competition. We are eager to expand the list of competing institutions. Click on any college or university logo below to learn more about their business program offerings. If your institution is taking part for the first time in 2024, email ACG Staff and we'll add you to this list!
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Meet some of the ACG Cup participants from last year and see what they have to say about how the competition impacted them. | ||||
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Once we have our 2024 line up of competitors, you can view their bona fides and headshots in our Resume Gallery. We'll make it easy for talent scouts from our business community to connect with participants you might have met at this winter's competition! Teams who submit complete registrations will receive an email reminder about submitting current resumes and headshots. Competitors may also upload your information now!
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![]() All teams must prepare the following for competition day (February 24):
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![]() ACG Western Michigan has developed a system of liaisons to assist you and your students in awareness and promotion of the Cup competition. Our team of liaisons is headed by a past Cup competitor who understands all facets of the competition and is ready to help answer your questions, deliver important information for your teams, and guide you through the process. Liaisons listed below are tasked with outreach to the college and universities we see most years. They may or may not be alumni of those institutions, but they've pledged to help you and your students learn about the competition. Learn more about our 2024 Cup liaisons below and reach out if you'd like a liaison to visit your classroom or student investment club. |
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![]() Finance Feud is a fundraising event to support ACG Cup. Held in the autumn preceding the Cup competition, Finance Feud presents a fun way for teams in business and related industries to try to one-up each other in a friendly trivia competition. This fun, high-energy trivia night pits teams from accounting and law firms as well as corporations and universities against one another. The winning team takes home the trophy and bragging rights for the next year.
This year's Finance Feud teams participated from the West Michigan firms and organizations listed below. Find out more about each of them now.
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![]() REGISTRATION IS OPEN for our popular Career Conversations + Networking Reception!! Attendance will ensure you meet competition judges, advisors, company representatives, ACG Western Michigan Board and Cup Committee members, and generally mix and mingle among ACG Cup competitors. Individuals from Cup teams and professors are encouraged to attend but must register at NO CHARGE. Once at the registration site, you can choose your complimentary ticket type (student/professor) and you'll receive a confirmation email with event details. You don't want to miss this!
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See the list of participating companies and firms that competitors met at last year's Networking Reception. Click on any logo to learn more about the company as a whole and click the PDF company description to see what you can expect to learn from our Career Conversation representatives at the Networking Reception!
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Adamy Valuation | BDO USA, LLP | Blackford Capital | |
Calder Capital | Charter Capital Partners | Connection Builders | Crowe LLP |
DWH | Mercantile Bank of Michigan | NuVescor Group | Waseyabek Development Company |
Our judges' combined experience and expertise in M&A, valuation, and financial products allows them to help simulate a real-world experience for our competitors. Judges come from our business community and volunteer their time and talent to make our competition a success. Our Judges' Leads, Elisa Berger and Scott Harris, bring a wealth of knowledge and experience about the ACG Cup initiative and their savvy will ensure we have the region's best professionals judging your case presentation in 2024. Learn more about Elisa, Scott, and our 2024 judges below.
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Our volunteer judges come from our business community and provide our competitors with real connections to their industries. They are professionals who dedicate their time to ensuring the ACG Cup competition is a well-rounded experience, and we are so thankful for them. We are developing our Judges' Gallery now so you can browse the professionals who will take part and make a plan to meet them at our Reception and Competition!
Judges may upload their professional bios and headshots now!
Meet the Committee that makes our ACG Cup Competition possible!
Please select a Cup Committee member to learn more about his/her background.
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![]() Elisa Berger, Charter Capital Partners Judge Recruitment |
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![]() Adamy Valuation Case Writing Team |
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![]() EHTC Finance Feud Lead |
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Ashley Gray, |
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![]() Scott Harris Huntington Bank Judge Recruitment |
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![]() Jessica Kuster, Hello West Michigan Valuation Seminar Team |
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![]() Todd McGuire Plante Moran Valuation Seminar Team |
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![]() Nathan Olberding, Adamy Valuation Valuation Seminar Team |
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![]() Jeff Weir, BDO LLP USA Networking Reception Lead |
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Heather Edwards, |
Our generous sponsors make it possible to bring outstanding programs and events to you. Click on a sponsor logo to learn more!
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