Saint Joseph's University wins 2020 risk management challenge

Saint Joseph’s University has been crowned the winner of the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge for the second year in a row.

This year’s case study, provided by the University of Dayton, was centered on risks facing the higher education space, with a final question focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and risk management strategies for re-opening the campus in Fall 2020.

The Saint Joseph’s team, comprising four risk management students, competed against 23 other universities and delivered the award-winning risk management presentation, virtually to a panel of industry leaders.

Members of the Saint Joseph’s winning team included:

• Joseph Angelina
• Kayla Cecchine
• Nicholas Myers
• Brendan Tarte
• Academic Advisor: Michael Angelina

In the final round of the competition, panelists asked the teams to assess the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and uncertainty regarding return to work schedules and develop a strategy to bring students back to the University of Dayton for the Fall semester.

Second place in this year’s Challenge was Florida State University and the third-place team was Butler University. Presentations from the three finalists are available online.

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