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Students in Southern’s School of Business have been working hard, participating in competitions, and tackling projects simulating real-world business scenarios both regionally and worldwide.
In a simulation of managing a startup company in the MGMT 364 International Business course, one of Southern’s teams placed first out of the five locally competing teams, and in the 99th percentile of more than 1 million simulation teams worldwide in 2024.
In another business strategy challenge, three of Southern’s teams ranked as Global Top 50 Performers out of 685 teams from 58 colleges and universities worldwide for the performance of their GLO-BUS business strategy simulations during the week of June 17-23, 2024.
Southern’s team of finance students placed second among the 10 participating colleges and universities in the Greater Tennessee Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge in 2024.
At the 2024 HSI Battle of the Brains, a national intercollegiate pitch competition for Hispanic-serving Institutions, Southern’s team of students made it to the finals along with six other teams after formulating and presenting strategies to solve a business challenge that was presented at the start of the event.
Southern’s $20 million School of Business Leadership and Innovation Campaign supports a new building and program endowment that benefits students in endeavors like these. Learn more and watch a livestream of construction progress on the new Ruth McKee School of Business at southern.edu/gobusiness.
Southern Adventist University | April 2025
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