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Student wins national SIM competition
BENTONVILLE (November 23, 2007) – NWACC is once again home of a worldwide business competition finalist, but this time a world champion who surpassed the accomplishments of her husband who placed fifth a year ago.
Christina F. Vaughn won the Management Simulations, Inc. (MSI), International Fall Foundation Challenge division with 776 points out of a possible 1,000 points. Her total was 156 points greater than the first runner up from the other side of the world in Sydney, Australia.
She is the first community college student in MSI Challenge history to take first-place honors.
 After doing well in the Foundation simulation during instructor Greg Swango's course at NWACC, Vaughn (pictured right with Swango) decided to enter the global Foundation Challenge.
“The Business Simulation was exciting to play, and I never really thought I would do as well as I did,” said Vaughn, who will receive an Associate in Applied Science degree in Business Administration after the spring 2009 semester and plans to transfer to work toward an accounting degree.
"It really helped me to understand all the numbers behind running a business."
The top six places of the fall MSI 2007 Foundation worldwide competition are:
- NWACC, 776 points
- University of Technology, Sydney, 620
- Maharishi University of Management, 559
- Drexel University, 522
- University of Houston, 498
- U-Mass Dartmouth, 495
A year ago NWACC student Ryan Vaughn finished fifth overall. Results were based on the high balanced scorecard points earned after completing eight rounds. A year ago, final places were determined by cumulative profit.
Both Christina and Ryan are students of NWACC's Accounting and Business Foundation instructor Greg Swango.
“Christina is Ryan’s wife and she is adamant about the fact that she has made all her own decisions,” Swango said.
“At the start of class this semester, Christy told me that Ryan taught her how to play the game, but that she was on her own and her team has gone on to dominate all three of my classes and now she not only qualifies as a finalist, but wins it all!”
Only the top six teams or individuals were invited to the finals out of 169 teams that registered for the Foundation competition.
The teams were determined by the high balanced scorecard points earned after completing eight rounds during the qualifying section of the competition.
See the final rankings of the teams by clicking the link below, or copy and the paste the link to an internet site.
http://www.capsim.com/Challenge/comp_stats_winners_Fall_2007.cfm
MSI (http://www.capsim.com) is the largest provider of business simulations utilized by teachers and professors for university, college and high school courses, and by corporate educators for executive education and management training. Its Foundation Business Simulation is one of the best selling business simulations ever created, used in more than 500 schools worldwide, as well as in corporate, fast track training.
“The Challenge provides an action learning device that is enabling students at all professional levels to learn in a risk-free environment,” said Dan Smith, president of Management Simulations, Inc. and adjunct professor at DePaul University, Chicago.
"The global competition teaches important and complicated business principles that result in better prepared and more-skilled students.”
This was the 14th Bi-Annual International Challenge hosted by Management Simulations, Inc. Prior to the competitions, all participants learned finance, research and development, marketing and production through the use of the simulation in their college courses.
This year, the competitions included teams from dozens of countries, including Australia, Canada, Chile, France, India, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Nicaragua, Poland, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Visit www.capsim.com for more information and a complete list of past winners.
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