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The University of Kentucky has chalked up another first — in business, not basketball.

A team from UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics has been invited for the first time to compete in the prestigious Wall Street Journal National Biz Quiz at Ohio State University Nov. 15-16.

Only 24 universities were selected, including Southern Cal, Texas, Emory, Arizona, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State and Ohio State.

It’s an honor for Gatton and “a wonderful opportunity for our students.” says UK team coach Gordon Holbein.

The program is sponsored by Nationwide Insurance and “Nationwide will be looking at Biz Quiz participants as potential hires for its financial leadership program, one of the top management development opportunities in the country,” Holbein says.

That’s a nice incentive in a tight job market.

Gatton team members are Mark Spurlin, a senior from Danville; Ryan Hayes, a senior from Frankfort; and Jeffrey Howard, a sophomore from Louisville. Greg Curtin, a senior from Atlanta, is the alternate member.

They qualified by getting the top scores in “a rigorous, rapid-fire 100-question current events test covering all sections of the Wall Street Journal over a recent eight-day period,” UK says.

The quiz will be held in a TV studio at Ohio State.

The UK team will “demonstrate to a national audience what makes Gatton students ‘world ready’ and at the top of their field,” says D. Sudharshan, dean of the Gatton College.

No pressure there.

 

 

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