Get a taste of real-world business challenges.
Naveen Jindal School of Management students have many opportunities to compete in the classroom, at other universities, through student organizations and in conjunction with businesses and professional associations.
Contests frequently require participants to solve business problems drawn from the working world, which allows for contestants to gain useful experience in applying what they have learned to situations they may likely encounter in their professional careers.
Jindal School Students Turn in Top Competition Results
The UT Dallas Psi Chi chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity won several regional awards from the national body: the R. Nelson Mitchell Outstanding Collegiate Chapter Award, Most Improved Collegiate Chapter, Outstanding Service Award for a Collegiate Chapter and Outstanding Scholastic Development Award for a Collegiate Chapter.
Students from the Naveen Jindal School of Management recently took first place and $5,000 representing the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute For Real Estate in a case competition hosted by the Dallas chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management. The competition, which kicked off Sept. 27, tasked students with developing a management plan for an underperforming industrial property located in Grand Prairie, Texas. The presentations took place Oct. 25 and the UT Dallas team, consisting of Kiana Razdar, a finance senior; Tommy Cherucheril, a finance junior; Andrew Nguyen, a finance junior; Jaqleen Phan, a business administration junior; and Franklin Avera, a finance freshman, came out on top. This was UT Dallas’ third first-place finish in four years and the second victory in a row.