Winner Selected For First ABC Writing
Contest
The Student Awards Committee is pleased to announce the
winner of the first annual ABC Writing Contest: Anna Culhane.
Anna's entry was submitted by Sandra J. Chrystal, Ph.D.,
from the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern
California. Students were challenged to respond to a case
based on a true story published in the Wall St. Journal.
The entrants responded with two documents: an analysis of
the weaknesses of the original "persuasive" memo distributed
to the employees and a suggested improved memo.
Anna's entry was judged the best of seven finalists among
31 entries, and has earned her a certificate and a $200
prize. Sponsors of the ABC Writing Contest are Mary Munter
and Paul Argenti, Professors at the Amos Tuck School of
Business at Dartmouth College.
The contest was open to undergraduate business students
whose entries were submitted by their instructors. All the
entries were read and ranked by the Student Awards Committee
and volunteer readers. A panel of businesspersons ranked
the finalists' entries, using a similar holistic scale as
is used for the GMAT. Business panelists included:
