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Schreiner Students
Take First Place in Global Competition
Two Schreiner University students took first place out
of 2,926 teams who participated in a global strategic
management simulation competition. Team members
who competed in the CAPSTONE global corporate simulation
competition as the Digby Corporation were Andrea Neely
of Ingram and Jarrell Williams of Copperas Cove.
Competitors come from all parts of the globe and include
top business schools as renowned as the Harvard and
Wharton business schools, as well as top Texas schools
such as the University of Texas and Baylor University.
“The eight week CAPSTONE simulation by Management
Simulations allowed our team to manage a multi-million
dollar company for eight virtual years while competing
against 2,926 other companies world-wide,” said Neely.
“We gained valuable experiential knowledge while making
hundreds of decisions weekly.”
Mark D. Woodhull, instructor of business administration
and the team’s faculty sponsor, said the competition,
which was held during the spring semester, is a business
student’s culminating experience after four long years
of business studies.
There were three other Schreiner University corporate
teams competing in the same simulation. Baldwin
Corporation chief executive officers, Ileana Espinosa of
Harlingen and James Fluegel of Kerrville, captured 21st
place out of the 2,926 teams who started the
competition. Chester Corporation chief executive
officers, Jeremiah Kester of New Braunfels, Chase
Kimball of Uvalde and Ashley Till of Houston, garnered
376th place of the 2,926 teams and ranked in the top 15%
of participant teams. Andrews Corporation chief
executive officers, Wes Blankman of Hunt and Cody Lannom
of Katy, claimed place number 1,002 of the 2,926 teams.
Schreiner University conducts the CAPSTONE simulation
twice per year during the fall and spring semester
sessions.
For more information, contact Mark D. Woodhull,
instructor of business administration, at 830-792-7479
or
mdwoodhull@schreiner.edu. |
