First-year MBA case competition winners

By Kelly Giese

Kelley Partner, Kelley Staff

Eaton Case Competition winners from the Green Cohort.

For our MBA students, their first semester at Kelley starts and ends with a case competition.  

The first case competition occurs after orientation and before classes start in August. It is our students’ first project and an introduction to the small peer team they’ll work with for the rest of the semester. For many, it is their first attempt at analyzing a business case and presenting a solution in this format. 

This first competition kick-starts team-building and experiential learning. It serves as a launching point into the business principles that will be built upon in the Integrated Core semester. In the end, it is a measuring stick for students to see how much they’ve learned when they start the second competition.

The second case competition occurs after finals in December.  It is a challenge of endurance, but one that is very rewarding. After a semester immersed in business fundamentals and solidifying the relationships in their peer teams, the students often remark on the differences they see in their abilities and confidence.  

This year, the case came from Eaton on the topic of Aerospace, with several of their employees participating on the judging panels with our faculty.  We proudly congratulate the winners by Cohort:

Red Cohort

Chris Holloway 

Carrie Kroll 

Pablo Segovia Torres  

Jiaming Song

Angel Wen
 

Blue Cohort

Alexander Yuchvid 

Deepti Gangwani 

Edward Chen 

Elise Leithauser 

Stephen Zsigray 

Green Cohort

Rodolfo Juarez 

Clinton Webb 

Deepthi Bollamreddy 

Jounghan Kim 

Patrick Foley 

We also congratulate the rest of our first-year students upon the completion of the Core. The strong finish in itself should be very rewarding to all.