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Accomplishments from Saunders Students
- Eason Chin ’27 (finance), L Zheng
’27 (management information systems), and Riston Bertoli ’27 (business exploration), representing RIT as “Chin Industries,” placed third in the MikesBikes World Champs Competition sponsored by Smartsims Business Simulators. In the international event, which included 73 participants from 20 schools, student teams competed using MikesBikes Introduction and Advanced Simulators. The Chin Industries team was advised by Molly McGowan,
senior lecturer in management.
- Ben Hart ’25 (MBA) is working to start a new Saunders College student organization, the Real Estate Club,
for those interested in learning more about real estate, achieving home ownership, becoming a licensed agent, and more.
- A team of RIT students won the 2023 Grand Finals of the National Association of Collegiate Esports
Varsity Premier League in Boise, ID, marking RIT's eighth national esports championship. The team, playing Counter-Strike 2, included Matt Bussell ’24 (computing security), Kyle Jacowleff ’24 (computer engineering), '25 MS (computing engineering), Benjamin Feldstein ’26 (management information systems), Aidan Trabuco ’24 (individualized study), and Gian Esteves ’25 (computer science).
- Captain Carter Ptak ’26 (software engineering), '27 MS (software engineering), Evan Macko ’25 (finance) and Alexandria Walker ’26 (computer science), supported by Hao Zhang,
PhD, professor of finance and accounting, were regional champions for North America, and placed third globally, in the Bloomberg 2023 Global Trading Challenge. The competition included 2,007 teams from 309 universities in 38 countries, where students spent six weeks conducting simulated investing. “Team Tiger” came together as members of the Financial Management Association,
a Saunders College student club.
Learn more about these accomplishments and read previous months online.
Students, alums, faculty, and staff can share their news with your Saunders community by emailing us at communications@saunders.rit.edu.
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News
- Poets&Quants Ranks Saunders MBA Top 100. Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology continues to garner attention in national and international rankings and recognitions.
- Circular Innovation. The U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership newsletter features the circular entrepreneurship program.
- RIT secures top spot in North America,
third globally in Bloomberg 2023 Global Trading Challenge. An interdisciplinary team of RIT students finished No. 1 in North America and third globally in the Bloomberg 2023 Global Trading Challenge, marking the first time the university has participated in the international competition.
- Industrial design MFA alumnus contributes two video game environments
to The Strong National Museum of Play exhibit. Industrial design MFA alumnus Pete St. John led the creation of two elements of The Strong National Museum of Play’s permanent exhibition “ESL Digital Worlds: Level Up.” This exhibit immerses visitors in an array of interactive video game environments.
- Distinguished Alumni Award winners named
for 2023-2024. Twelve RIT alumni have been honored with Distinguished Alumni Awards for the 2023-2024 year, including Jim Salzano ’87 (accounting), president and CEO of Jones & Vining. The Distinguished Alumni Awards are presented annually by each of RIT’s nine colleges, the School of Individualized Study, and the RIT Graduate School to alumni who have performed at the highest levels of their profession or who have contributed to the advancement and leadership of civic, philanthropic, or service organizations.
- Clyde Eiríkur Hull Takes Circular Economy Global,
Kickstarting New Center in Sustainability. Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Ph.D., professor of management at Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), is an internationally recognized expert in and proponent of circular economy (CE). CE is non-wasteful: nothing goes into a landfill because everything left over is reused by the business or sold to someone else.
See these and past news online.
Blogs
Read these and past blogs online.
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