Ancell School of Business - News & Events
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~Save the Date - Ancell Day 2013!~
Thursday, September 12th
11:30 am to 2:30 pm
South Plaza, between the dorms and the campus center.
Free Barbecue*! Free raffle! Free Games!
*Non-meal plan members sponsored by Ancell School of Business, meal plan members will scan their id cards.
Find out about Ancell School of Business clubs, activities, and opportunities, meet fellow students, and learn about what Westside campus has to offer.
Ancell Mentor Program
Ancell School is looking for a few good students! Join us for a special opportunity to create a mentor/mentee relationship with an established graduate of the Ancell School. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the business world and to network with professionals. MBA students are welcome.
Do you have 45 credits towards graduation? Are you a highly motivated student? Are you serious about your personal and professional development? Are you willing to learn?
Click here to visit our webpage to learn more or to register for the program, or you can email silkowskie@wcsu.edu with your questions.
What Michael Carpanzo did Over the Summer
Michael Carpanzo followed up his state-wide and national entrepreneurial victories by placing his nu-plug product on Kickstarter.com. In only 30 days, he raised $75,000 towards production of his product which will begin in the fall. Congratulations to Michael!
Have you checked out www.Kickstarter.com yet?
Connor Nolan Takes Top Prize in Your Big Idea!
Connor
Nolan is the winner of the Marketing Club’s Your Big Idea! contest. Your
Big Idea! is a competition about creativity, innovation and
entrepreneurship sponsored by Mr. Bill Imada, Chairman and CCO of IW
Group, Inc. The prize of $500 for “Your Big Idea” was
funded by Mr. Imada’s generous grant to the Marketing Club. Based
on the outcomes of this event, the club plans to run two similar events
each year.
Ancell Student, Michael Carpanzano Wins
National Competition
Ancell student, Michael Carpanzano has won another honor. After winning the state competition last semester, he competed and won the Giants Entrepreneurship Challenge contest in Grand Forks, South Dakota last week. This is a national competition where the finals included two US Air Force Academy teams, the University of Minnesota at Morehead, Texas Christian University and the University of Texas at Austin. He won $5000.
Good News from the American Marketing Association
International Collegiate Conference
New Orleans, LA - March 2013
The WCSU Collegiate Chapter of the AMA placed in the top 25 of all collegiate chapters (330+) for the third consecutive year. Members of the chapter also won awards for the AMA Saves Lives video competition, taking 5th place of more than 1500 entries and 3rd place in the communications category for the Booth Exhibit competition. The Annual Conference is attended by more than 1500 students participating in career development workshops, sales competitions, SABRE business simulation competitions, case competitions and professional development workshops. Since WCSU was an award winning chapter in the two previous years, two of our students gave a workshop presentation on Professional Development. The student attendees were Kelly Stendahl, Lauren Dominick, Eve Kroha, Lauren J. Bergren (Club Vice President), Jessica Zingle (Club President), Nick Wolf, Alanna Katz (Club Treasurer) and Jake Nimmo.
Co-Advisors Dr. Ron Drozdenko and Ms.
Donna Coelho (with co-author Dr. Fred Tesch) won the Outstanding
Paper award for the faculty track proceedings at the conference.
Co-advisor Donna Coelho has been invited
to serve on the American Marketing Association’s Collegiate Council,
headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. This is the ten
member governing body of the AMA Collegiate Chapters that develops
and manages all international collegiate competitions, activities
and events.
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American Marketing Association at WCSU
The Western Connecticut State University Marketing Club, a member of the American Marketing Association, has been selected to present at the Intercollegiate AMA Conference in New Orleans, March 21 - 23, 2013. As an award winning chapter, they will be presenting in the Professional Development session.
Ancell Student, Michael Carpanzano Wins
Connecticut College Business Model Competition
Dr. Fred Maidment is proud
to announce that Michael Carpanzano, an Ancell student, has won the
Connecticut College Business Model Competition. The competition is
sponsored by the Connecticut Consortium of Entrepreneurship
Educators, Connecticut Innovations, DECD, Warbros Venture Partners,
and The Entrepreneurship Foundation Inc. Schools from the entire
state of Connecticut participate including Yale, UCONN, Coast Guard,
QU, Fairfield, and Sacred Heart. As many as 60 business plans are
submitted each semester but only about 10 become finalists and there
is only one winner. The contest is held twice per year, in spring
and fall. The Finals were held at the Lawn Club in New Haven.
Competition for this award is very stiff as schools send their best
plans to the competition and there are some very interesting
proposals at the finals.
