WALSH COLLEGE WILL HOST THIRD ANNUAL ACG DETROIT CUP FINALS
Saturday, February 13, 2010
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Walsh College with host the third annual ACG Detroit Cup on Saturday, February 13, 2010. The public is invited, and preregistration is requested.
The Association for Corporate Growth Detroit Chapter, a premier non-profit business networking organization of corporate growth driven professionals, will host its Third Annual ACG Detroit Cup intercollegiate competition for Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students from Walsh College, Troy; Broad College of Business, Michigan State University; Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; University of Detroit Mercy; Wayne State University School of Business Administration; and University of Michigan Flint. Leslie Sheidler, ACG Cup Chairwoman and senior director finance mergers and acquisitions for Troy-based Kelly Services Inc., said the finals would be judged Feb. 13 at Walsh College in Troy.
Each school has been invited to submit teams of three to five MBA students per team for the competition, which will involve real-life business cases for analysis.
First prize will be a $10,000 scholarship with second a $5,000 scholarship, and $1,000 for the remaining finalists. The global law firm of Pinsent Masons and its London office will offer an expenses paid internship, with all ACG Cup participants eligible to apply for. Sponsors of the Cup are BBK, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, Hennessey Capital, Huntington Bank, Huron Capital Partners and Pinsent Mason.
The University of Detroit Mercy won the 2009 ACG Detroit Cup competition and Walsh College took home top honors in 2008.
WALSH COLLEGE HOSTS 2nd ANNUAL ACG DETROIT CUP FINALS
Walsh College hosted the 2nd annual ACG Detroit Cup, an intercollegiate student competition on mergers and acquisitions, on Saturday, February 21, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Jeffery W. Barry Center at its Troy Campus.
Five teams of graduate business students from Walsh, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, the University of Detroit Mercy, and Wayne State University, competed for $19,000 in scholarship prizes. The Walsh College team placed 2nd in this year's competition.
Corporate recruiters, human resources professionals and others looking to hire the area’s brightest business students are welcome to attend, as are family and friends of the competing teams. For more information, contact Jan Hubbard at jhubbard@walshcollege.edu.
(From left) Jordan Ruder, Kathleen Dobrovic, and Jennifer Gasiecki represented Walsh College in the final round of the ACG Detroit Cup and placed 2nd overall. Read more.
Kathleen and Jordan are in the Master of Science in Finance program and Jennifer is in the Master of Business Administration program.
Last year, the Walsh College team won the ACG Cup, edging out the University of Michigan team by just seven-tenths of a point!
With the ACG silver cup are the 2008 team (from left) Tara Miceli, Mike Rumel (MBA ’08), and Dave Chilingirian. Their coach was Matt Wirgau, adjunct assistant professor of Finance and Economics.