Two teams of students from Lycoming College were prize winners in the third annual Quad College and University Business Plan Challenge. The challenge winners were announced after formal project presentations, which were given on April 17 at the Community Theatre League in downtown Williamsport.

Piotr Bakker, an exchange student from Westminster University in London, placed second for his business plan titled, “Integrain Technology.” The team of Sarah Foster and Jessyca Robinson took third prize for their business plan, titled, “Game on Lounge.” Bakker was awarded $5,000 in recognition of his win, while Foster and Robinson won a $2,500 cash prize.

The Quad College and University Business Plan Challenge is a competition for students at Lycoming College, Mansfield University, Lock Haven University and Pennsylvania College of Technology. Sponsored by the Williamsport/Lycoming Keystone Innovation Zone, the contest has three stages: the concept stage, the business plan formulation stage and the finals, or the formal business presentations. This year, eight teams made it to the finals; six of those teams were from Lycoming.

Lycoming’s Institute for Management Studies, under the direction of Dr. Mehrdad Madresehee, professor of economics and director of the IMS, coordinated the students’ involvement in the contest.

L-R: Dr. Bonita Kolb, associate professor of business administration,
Jessyca Robinson '09, Sarah Estelle Foster '08, Dr. Thomas Griffiths, Provost and Dean of the College,
Piotr Bakker, and Dr. Mehrdad Madresehee, professor of economics and director of the IMS

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