WKU News & Events

April 24, 2002

WKU Business Students Honored
At International Competition

Bowling Green, Ky. - For the third consecutive year, students from Western Kentucky University’s Gordon Ford College of Business received awards at the International Collegiate Business Policy Competition.

Four graduate students and five undergraduates traveled to San Diego earlier this month for the three-day intensive phase of the 38th annual competition.

WKU's graduate student team finished first in best company business plans and annual reports and placed first runner-up in company performance.

Since January, graduate and undergraduate business students have been meeting weekly to make all the business decisions necessary to run their companies. Competing against 36 other universities, students have experienced inventory buildups, rapid devaluation of foreign currency and boycotts.

In San Diego, students made a series of decisions and presented their analyses to a group of business executives from companies such as Intel and Cisco.

Members of WKU graduate student team were Brian Bickett of Whitesville, Kelly Maxey of Tell City, Ind., Jill Kummer of Franklin and Tim Davis of Bowling Green.

Undergraduate students who traveled to San Diego were Diane Livers of Webster, Krista Stock of Sunman, Ind., Dan McKeown of Beaver Dam, Steve Karpinski and Kristin Firkins, both of Bowling Green.

Other undergraduate students who participated were Krista Britt, Adrienne Frey, Marquis Miles, all of Louisville; Kevin Kilpatrick and Stephanie Draper, both of Bowling Green; and Jennifer Portmann of Elizabethtown.

Dr. Linda Parry, associate professor of management, is adviser for the undergraduate team. Dr. Robert Wharton, assistant professor of management, is adviser for the graduate team.

For more information, contact Linda Parry at (270) 745-5810. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.