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PRiME Competition 2021

For the third year, we brought the vision and spirit of the global Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) into our local school-wide initiative aiming to build awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through our School of Management PRiME Competition!

Our PRiME Competition is part of the Cal Lutheran Festival of Scholars Week which stands for excellence in teaching and learning where we proudly showcase our students’ work. Traditionally, students showcase their projects in-person, however, again this year due to the global crisis caused by Covid-19 we presented the competition virtually bringing the same level of competition, quality of projects and judging for the students! We are proud to say we significantly increased our worldwide exposure by more than doubling our voters who participated in the People's Choice Award virtual voting!

PRiME Competition Awards Ceremony on ZOOM

COMPETITION JUDGES

Joanie Burns

Megan Bloomer

CIndy Keitel

Joanie Burns, Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability Manager at Amgen and MBA Alumna

Megan Bloomer, Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at The Cheesecake Factory

Cindy Keitel, Community Relations Coordinator at Cal Lutheran and an MBA program alumna

COMPETITION WINNERS

We are proud of all of those who participated – students, professors, judges, those who reviewed the projects and voted in the People’s Choice award. Everyone made it a special event. And the award winners are...

Grand Prize

1st Place

2nd Place

PRiME 2021 Grand Prize

PRiME 2021 1st Place

PRiME 2021 2nd Place

Leading Ladies
Authors: Anna Gallo, Alexa Macaluso, Melissa Wasylewski (BS in Accounting)

Beginning to Save: Rationality, Financial Knowledge, and Saving Behavior
Author: Anne Wittig (MS in Financial Planning)

HONORABLE MENTIONS

PRiME 2021 Autodesk

PRiME 2021 Utopia

PRiME 2021 LGBTQ

Autodesk: Sustainability, Automation, and Digitization:
Author: Emily Crosby

Utopia:
Authors: Emily Esserman, Gabriel Geesey, Clara Logan, Jorge Membreno

LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Education:
Author: Erin Niemi

PROJECTS PRESENTED

Each project required a written paper, SDGs-executive summary, video presentation and Powerpoint/poster presentation for judges review. 25 projects were submitted with 14 selected as finalists for the competition.

Autodesk: Sustainability, Automation, and Digitization: Emily Crosby
Beginning to Save: Rationality, Financial Knowledge, and Saving Behavior: Anne Wittig
Blank Canvas: Karie Wu, Erica Cornelius, and Billy Fiore
Connapp: The Mobile Phone Communication App: Claudia Felsberger, Melanie Leber, Sabrina Koch, Valeria Boeckel
Dual Language Programs in the Oxnard School District and Ventura County: Leslie Madrigal
Leading Ladies: Anna Gallo, Alexa Macaluso, Melissa Wasylewski
The Conflict on Water: Northern California Farmers Perceptions of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: Hope Ramos
The REDO Project: Pravalika Gurram
The Triple Bottom Line: Sustainability in Business: Nicholas Carrillo
Utopia: Emily Esserman, Gabriel Geesey, Clara Logan, Jorge Membreno
Words for the World: Corealle Locey, Siqi Luo, Gitika Bowry
Yalla - Palestinian Student Leaders: Changing Live Through Leadership Development: Tamar Haddad, Kassandra Diaz, Katelin Jamal, Devon Pesantes, Matt Miller
Simply Vegan: Allison Payne, Connor McDermott, Brandon Link
LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Education: Erin Niemi