Appalachian State University is one of nine schools who will compete in the 2017 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge in Philadelphia, PA.
The students are Risk, Management and Insurance majors in Appalachian's Walker College of Business.
They will compete during the RIMS 2017 Annual Conference & Exhibition April 23 – 26. The RIMS Annual Conference & Exhibition brings 10,000 risk and insurance professionals together for a four-day educational and networking experience. The event offers more than 160 educational sessions, keynote presentations, special events and 400 exhibitors.
The students are:
- Aristotle Moulopoulos
- John Rucker
- Andrew Satterfield
- Cecilia Yanez
The top teams were selected from a field of 23, based on the solutions developed for a case-study provided by PayPal Inc.
The teams are:
- Appalachian State University
- British Columbia Institute of Technology (Canada)
- Butler University
- Florida State University
- Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
- St. Joseph's University
- St. Mary's University
- Temple University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Appalachian won the competition in 2015.
Related: Appalachian RMI students take top spot in Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge
About the Brantley Center
Appalachian's Risk Management and Insurance Program is the fifth largest in the country. The college's Brantley Risk and Insurance Center, founded in 1988 with support from the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina, supports research and faculty development, assists the insurance industry in the design and delivery of training and continuing education programs, and facilitates interaction between students, faculty and the professionals in the insurance industry. For more information about the center, visit http://insurance.appstate.edu.
