Two Groups of College of Business Administration Students Recently Competed in Sales Competition

KENT, Ohio - Nov. 21, 2016 - PRLog -- The Kent State College of Business Administration's Sales Team traveled to Orlando, Florida for the Sixth Annual International Collegiate Sales Competition held November 2-6.

Seventy top universities were in attendance with 140 sales competitors, including Auburn University, Texas A&M University, Florida State University and Purdue University. Kent State students were able to meet with recruiters from 45 companies, including Proctor & Gamble, Groupon, ThyssenKrupp Elevator, Comcast Spotlight and HP.

Eight College of Business Administration students formed this year's sales team after being selected through competition tryouts. Alexandra Nemeth and Brenna Berry competed in the Sales Case Management and placed second out of six competitors. In the role play competition, Brittany Saraniti placed third while Kyle Burke placed fourth. Jacob Matey and Alexis Rains competed in the Speed Selling competition and both came in third for their individual rounds. Alternates Brian MacEwan and Katherine MacPherson assisted as student coaches.

In addition, Associate Lecturer of marketing and entrepreneurship at Kent State University Stark Campus Don Thacker accompanied 17 Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) students to Cincinnati from Nov. 3-6. Students competed in the Pro/Am Sales Competition hosted by Miami University. Jordon Marich and Richard Wilson were both finalists in the Speakers Competition.

"These are terrific opportunities to showcase our students to corporate recruiters from across the country, enable our students to compete against their peers from other universities and continue to represent Kent State University nationwide," said Ellen Daniels, PSE advisor and lecturer in the Marketing and Entrepreneurship Department in the College of Business Administration.

PSE is a professional fraternity specializing in the advancement of sales, marketing and management professions. With exposure to a professional environment, students are able to further understand business relationships found in a corporate-driven society.

To learn more about PSE, visit https://www.kent.edu/business/pi-sigma-epsilon.

To learn more about the College of Business Administration, visit https://www.kent.edu/business.

Kent State University's College of Business Administration is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) and one of the largest colleges of business in Ohio. The College has more than 4,300 students representing 43 countries with over 85 full-time faculty from 16 countries.

The college grants undergraduate through graduate degrees, and is one of only three public business colleges in Ohio with a comprehensive Ph.D. program. The MBA program is offered in an accelerated format. The Executive MBA program offers two tracks: one targeting corporate professionals and the other healthcare executives. The M.S. in Accounting and M.A. in Economics are specialized master's degrees for those seeking advanced study in these disciplines. The College also offers a Master of Science degree in Business Analytics (MSBA) that spans all industries and organizations. The college boasts 10 undergraduate majors, 12 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program.

The college is listed as a Best Business School by Princeton Review, ranked as a Best Business College by U.S. News and World Report, one of only 23 accounting programs worldwide to be endorsed by the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), ranked Top-Tier for Executive Education in North America by CEO Magazine and recognized by the SEF (Sales Education Foundation) for Professional Sales Education.

The college boasts an onsite Career Services Center and International Programs Office dedicated to business students, and operates the Global Management Center, the Center for Information Systems and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation all propelling scholarly research, establishing innovative industry partnerships and providing outreach to Northeast Ohio and beyond.