UOIT Accounting students make their mark at distinguished Windsor competition

Facing stiff competition in a field of 12 teams representing universities across Ontario, UOIT Accounting students posted an impressive third-place showing at a provincial competition hosted January 14 by the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor. The Regional Case Accounting Competition was sponsored by the Certified Management Accountants of Ontario (CMA).

The UOIT team faced a panel of 15 judges comprised of CMAs from the Windsor area and professors at the University of Windsor. Many of the other teams were made up of third- and fourth-year students; however, all four members of the UOIT Accounting team were Bachelor of Commerce students in just their first or second year.

Congratulations to Mohamed Rizwan Bachani (team leader, second year); Pushpinder Pabla (second year), Mohammad Soleman (second year); and David Belcastro (first year).

"This is a remarkable achievement by our students and speaks to the quality of students enrolled in UOIT’s Bachelor of Commerce program,” said Dr. Pamela Ritchie, dean, Faculty of Business and Information Technology. “We are extremely proud of these students who represented our program with such distinction. By outperforming many of their more-experienced peers from across Ontario, they clearly demonstrated their talent and the knowledge they have already gained in their earliest years at UOIT.”