The Concord University Department of Business has announced winners in the 28th Concord Business Challenge.
Overall school winners are First Place, Princeton Senior High School; Second Place, Greenbrier East High School; and Third Place, Bluefield High School.
The winners were announced during a virtual awards ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 28, by Dr. Susan Robinett, Chair of the Department of Business. The ceremony was broadcast live via Facebook and livestreamed on the Concord YouTube channel. To view an archived copy of the event visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPg3CpXPO5U.
The Concord Business Challenge (CBC) gives high school juniors and seniors an opportunity to test their business knowledge base. The event traditionally takes place on Concord’s Athens campus, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students participated virtually for the 28th competition.
More than 260 West Virginia and Virginia students representing ten schools were registered to compete. Participating schools include: Bland County High School, Bluefield High School, Princeton Senior High School, Mercer County Technical Education Center, Fayette Institute of Technology, Independence High School, Woodrow Wilson High School, Greenbrier East High School, Greenbrier West High School and Monroe County Technical Center.
Along with the overall school winners, awards for each challenge exam and scholarship winners were announced during the virtual ceremony. Recipients of $4,000 Concord University scholarships are Samvat Yadav from Princeton Senior High School and Nicole Cochran from Greenbrier East High School.
Winners of $1,000 scholarships to Concord University are: Shawn Hale, Mercer County Technical Education Center; Bradford Hurt, Princeton Senior High School; Landon McCarty, Princeton Senior High School; Elijah Bauer, Princeton Senior High School; Xander Lewis, Monroe County Technical Center; Carolina Disney, Princeton Senior High School; Cadence Stewart, Greenbrier East High School; Timothy Riffe, Independence High School; Jamey Shrieves, Monroe County Technical Center; and Erica Hartwell, Princeton Senior High School.
Bland County High’s Abigail Rasnake claimed second place in the Hospitality Management portion of the competition.
