International Programs

Global Case Competition

This year's competition was held April 2 -13, 2012.

Congratulations Team Viable Alternative Energy Council (VAEC) for winning the 2012 Global Case Competition!

The Global Case Competition at WSU began in spring 2011 bringing graduate and undergraduate students from all WSU campuses to form multi-disciplinary teams to develop solutions to issues currently impacting a global community.

Teams of 4 to 6 students work together under a strict timeline to develop a strategic solution to the selected case. Teams present their strategies to a group of judges who will then decide the winners. The winning team will win a plaque, artifact and a prize that is directly and globally related to the case!

In the second annual Global Case Competition, teams worked round the clock to present inter-disciplinary, well-rounded solutions to Nigeria’s troubled energy issues and human development. The judges and audience were blown away by the quality in ideas and presentations that were seen by the top five competing teams.

Team Viable Alternative Energy Council was awarded the first prize, while team Newgeria came in a close second. See a related news piece in WSU News.

VAEC

VAEC Team members:

Cornelius Adewale (Captain) – Graduate student, Soil Science

Leah Thorp – Graduate student, Sociology

Alyssa Miller – Undergraduate student, Accounting

Niki Schering – Undergraduate student, Psychology

Chengxuan Wu – Undergraduate student, Finance

Newgeria

Newgeria Team members:

Jordan Bailly (Captain) – Undergraduate student, Political Science

Ritwik Anburmath – Graduate student, Computer Science

Hung Nguyen – Graduate student, Chemical Engineering

Eval Olsko – Undergraduate student, Civil Engineering

This event was made successful thanks to the many individuals who dedicated their time and effort:

The Global Case Competition planning committee Denise Chin (coordinator), Ursula Stegman, Alicia Reddy, Taylor Watson, Kailee Esser, Hung Le, Kylie Balstad, Ayelen Roscher, Nate Stacey, Jake Mayson, Yang Hu, and Zamzam Abdulgani; Vice Chancellor Dick Pratt for WSU Tri-Cities; Jack Purdie, Dr. Chris Oakley and Dr. Prema Arasu.

Special thanks to Dr. John Kalu Osiri, Clinical Assistant Professor at WSU College of Business for input and advice on the Case.

Competition judges Mr. Orlin Reinbold, CEO of Landmark Native Seed Co., Spokane; Dr. Kalvin Joshi, Associate Professor at WSU College of Business, and Dr. Robert MacAuslan, Adjunct Faculty at WSU Department of Sociology and Office of International Programs.

Award presenter, Jack Purdie, Director of Development at WSU International Programs.

Global Case Competition emcee, Riley Myklebust, ASWSU President 2011-2012.

Media sponsor New York Times for providing swag bags and merchandise to all participants.

International Programs staff Farah Antoine, Mary Frei, Erin Rice, Amritha Nayak, Kelsey Hawthorne, Monika Jaryal, Denise Keeton, and Camille Armstrong.

For more information, contact Dr. Chris Oakley: coakley@wsu.edu