Oshawa, Ont. - Competing against 14 other colleges, Durham College students took home first- and second-place honours at the 2002 Ontario Colleges' Marketing Competition, held in Kingston on November 14 and 15.
The competition was divided into 11 separate events. Durham's Arthur Marcoviciu and Jesse Stever placed first in the sales management case event, while Matt Siekowski and Marina Obrenov captured second place in the international marketing case event. Fourteen Durham College students competed.
"Our students have participated in this competition for six years and this is the best showing we've had," noted Bill Goodman, acting dean, School of Business. "They learned a lot and their faculty coaches were particularly pleased to see them demonstrate such a high degree of teamwork, which will be a major asset when they graduate and enter the workforce."
For each event, competitors had 30 minutes to prepare a 15-minute presentation on an assigned business scenario. A panel of judges from the private sector evaluated the students on a number of criteria, including presentation skills, creativity, presentation overview, ability to identify and analyse the problem, and recommendations.
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