The Utah Real Estate Challenge is an intercollegiate real estate development competition for undergraduate and graduate students throughout the state of Utah. The competition, presented by the Ivory-Boyer Real Estate Center at the David Eccles School of Business, fosters understanding of real estate development by giving students the opportunity to prepare and present a real estate development plan to a panel of expert [...]
A huge congratulations to several of our students! Out of 800 team who competed in the CFA Equity Research Competition, the Eccles School would like to congratulate two of our teams, who ended up taking first and second in the state’s CFA equity research competition. Team Members Team 1 Chase Lindsey Joe Malach Arman Oganov Mark Storey Team 2 Kyle Asay Nathan Johnson Andres Lancheros Taylor [...]
Once again, the David Eccles School of Business hosts the perfect place for aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs to dive into the world of business. The DECA Competition is hosted by DECA, a society that prepares young emerging high school to college level leaders and entrepreneurs to be college and career ready. Through classroom instruction and applied learning, students will connect to business through competition. Here are [...]
The 2016 Undergraduate Ethics Case Competition is looking for undergraduate students to participate in the Ethics Case Competition. The Daniels Fund Ethics Consortium will expose students to a thought provoking business ethics case that they might face in their professional careers. This competition will build on the solid principle-based ethical framework central to decision-making in a complex business environment. Competition: Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 [...]
Students from the Eccles School’s Phi Beta Lambda club had an excellent showing at the 2015 state competition. The U.’s chapter of the club — which is basically the college version of Future Business Leaders of America — earned three chapter-wide honors: 1st place for Largest Increase in Chapter Membership and 2nd place for Largest Chapter Membership, Largest Percent Increase in Membership and Outstanding [...]
Eccles School freshmen showed off their ability to find innovative solutions to everyday problems at the Business Scholars Innovation Showcase. The showcase featured 142 students who divided into 36 teams that found new ways to address issues in fields ranging from fashion to recreation to health and more. Students were judged based on how well their idea addressed a problem and how deeply involved [...]
The University of Utah has become the first school in the nation to win the Race & Case competition three years in a row. The competition, hosted by the Daniels College of Business Graduate Business Student Association at the University of Denver, is two-pronged — it’s a business ethics case competition and Alpine ski challenge. The business ethics case counts for 80 percent of [...]
A team of five MBA students from the David Eccles School of Business won the 2015 ACG Cup, beating out teams from Brigham Young University, Utah Valley University and Westminster College. The ACG Cup is a case-study competition where MBA students deal with real-world situations in a high-pressure setting, handling situations dealing with mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, financial advisory and private equity. The [...]