91精选鈥檚 School of Business recognized its students鈥 achievements Thursday evening during its Student Research Day in the Student Center Ballroom. More than 90 students, faculty and guests attended the awards ceremony as the event honored undergraduate and graduate students for their oral presentations and posters.

The criteria for judging were content, organization, data analysis, writing conventions and background information.  The posters were based on presentation topics.

The list of winners:

Graduate 鈥 Poster

First place: Zhengyu Chen 鈥 鈥淢anaging the Employee Turnover at Kroger: A Quantitative Analysis.鈥

Second place: Sait Sarr 鈥 鈥淐orporate Strategy in a Monopolistic Competitive Restaurant Market:  The Case of Applebee鈥檚 in Louisville, Ky.鈥

Graduate 鈥 Oral presentation

First place:  Kyle DeLong 鈥 鈥淎n Empirical Analysis of Market Share and Profit Maximization in the Broadcast Industry.鈥

Second place:  Frances Zay Zay鈥 The Economic Analysis of Lotteries in the State of Kentucky.鈥

Third place: Sait Sarr 鈥 鈥淐orporate Strategy in a Monopolistic Competitive Restaurant Market:  The Case of Applebee鈥檚 in Louisville, Ky.鈥

Undergraduate 鈥 Poster

First place:  Eve Ann Jones 鈥 鈥淏rain Aneurysm, Healthcare Costs and Its Financial Implications.鈥

Second place: Hannah Gomez 鈥 鈥淭he Hidden Cost of Free Trade.

Third place:  Don Hall A Market Analysis of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky.鈥

Undergraduate 鈥 Oral Presentation

First place: Cameron Beale 鈥 鈥淟oan Portfolio Management: A Study of a Small Bank in Kentucky.鈥

Second place: Eve Ann Jones 鈥 鈥淏rain Aneurysm, Healthcare Costs and Its Financial Implications.鈥

Third place: Thomas Haynes, Mark Mosley, Morgan Mosley, Terrica Sawyers and Monique Woodson 鈥 鈥淎pplied Marketing Research.鈥

 

Cameron

Economics professor Dr. Abdul Turay, left, congratulates KSU student Cameron Beale for winning first place in his oral presentation.

 

Hannah

Economics professor Dr. Abdul Turay congratulates KSU student Hannah Gomez for her second-place honor at the Student Research Day ceremony in the Student Center Ballroom.

 

Ralph Williams

SGA vice president Ralph Williams receives an honor from Dr. Abdul Turay during the Student Research Day ceremony.