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Team Â鶹´«Ã½ competed in the XXIV International Economics Convention December 9 -10, 2016, hosted by C.H.M. College (Smt. Chandibai Himathmal Mansukhani College). Convention organizers challenged students from eight different India-based colleges and another U.S. team from West Georgia, to research Global Risk as applied to their assigned country.

Team Â鶹´«Ã½ was given India and prepared a 35-page research paper about key global risks from the Indian perspective, designing a time series model that evaluated risk in the sectors of water, agriculture, service (IT, financial services, tourism) and their contribution to GDP, and provided for a five-year forecast of future risk. Â鶹´«Ã½  won for the second  year in a row the best Q&A for critical thinking and their ability to think on their feet. Senior Maurice Outlaw won best overall presenter and for greatest contribution to the team , while Dr. John Donnellan and Dr. Wanda Rutledge were recognized for faculty leadership.

Each of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s team members resides in New Â鶹´«Ã½ and all four students are Global Business Majors. Maurice Outlaw is a senior from Â鶹´«Ã½ City and a returning member from last year’s team that competed in the same convention; Erika Gonzalez is a sophomore from Union City; Jamie La Paz is a senior, minoring in Media Arts also from Union City; and Kaylee Saltos is a senior co-majoring in Biology from Union City.

Photo caption (Left to right): Dr. John Donnellan, Maurice Outlaw, Kaylee Saltos, Jamie La Paz, Erika Gonzalez, Dr. Wanda Rutledge