CAU Wins First Place, $25K In Scholarships At National Black MBA Association Competition

Clark Atlanta University beat out several of the nation’s top business programs at a recent competition National Black MBA Association! Get the full story from CAU below.

On Friday, September 17, 2021 students from the Clark Atlanta University MBA program won first place in a highly competitive business case competition held at the National Black MBA Association Conference held in Chicago, IL.
 
Clark Atlanta University’s first place team members were; Christine Fasuyi, Rasheeda Muhammed, and Shannon Smith. The students won top honors to include $25,000 in scholarhisps over Georgia Tech who placed second and the University of Michigan scholars who placed third.
 
Clark Atlanta University MBA students in the preliminary round, beat Alabama A&M, Auburn University, Morgan State University, the University of Alabama, and the University of Texas at Austin to advance to the finals.
 
In the final round, CAU bested teams from Baylor University, Georgia Tech University, Penn State University, the University of Miami, the University of Rochester, and the University of Michigan.
The National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) holds one of the most competitive and prestigious MBA case competitions in the country where minority students compete to solve a challenging business case.  Every year students compete for $50,000 in scholarships in the competition that is sponsored by Stellantis (previously Chrysler/Fiat).  

This year, 33 top MBA programs competed in the competition including; Georgetown, Ohio State University, Georgia State University, Michigan State University, and New York University (NYU Stern), just to name a few.  Please see the list below for all of the universities that competed in this year’s competition.

List of Competing Teams

Alabama A&M University
Auburn University
Clark Atlanta University
College of William & Mary
Baylor University
Boston University
Emory University
Florida International University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia State University
Georgia Tech University
Howard University
Johns Hopkins University
Michigan State University
Morgan State University
New York University
Ohio State University
Penn State University
Rutgers University
Southern University
Syracuse University
University of Alabama
University of Chicago
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina
University of Tennessee – Knoxville
University of Texas @ Austin
Vanderbilt University
Washington University (St. Louis)