CSU Students Earn Semi-Finalist Recognition at 2019 AMA Collegiate Case Competition

The Cleveland State University American Marketing Association (AMA) team earned a semi-finalist recognition in the annual AMA Collegiate Case Competition. This placed CSU in the top 15 universities out of 100 nationwide for 2019.

The 2019 case competition client was increasing membership and relevance of the Wall Street Journal among college students. The Cleveland State students who participated in the competition include:

• Johnnie Benson 
• Luke Boersma
• Kirsten Cvengros
• Jennifer Diaz Ramos
• Michella Dilworth
• Joshua Dolan
• Brooke Eisenmann
• Richard Ellis
• Jose Estremera
• Cayla Figueroa
• Jordan Gura
• Taylor Henry
• Kevin Kaiser
• Ryan Lanza
• Caylee Marino
• Deirdre McNamara
• Addison Medved
• Glen Gerrard Meridores
• Elizabeth Mockler
• Alexandra Previt
• Trejsi Shkodrani
• Chau Tang
• Gena Taylor
• Cody Toboz

The students were led by Marketing Department faculty Kim Ruggeri. The AMA Collegiate Case Competition, began in 1986 and is a year long event that brings together top  marketing students to work on a marketing challenge submitted by a sponsoring organization. The Case sponsor provides a detailed marketing problem for which it is looking to gain the perspective of AMA's best students, who compete by developing a marketing strategy in a nationally recognized competition. The Case Competition is open to undergraduate student teams at schools that have an affiliated AMA Collegiate Chapter.