Author: Tevin Robbins

The Inaugural Tippie Sustainability Case Competition (April 5th and 6th) will challenge teams of four UI undergraduate students to integrate knowledge from core business disciplines to solve a sustainability challenge facing organizations today. Students from all disciplines will have the opportunity to develop leadership and decision-making skills that will help them maximize economic, social, and environmental sustainability in their future jobs. The competition is presented by: Tippie Undergraduate Program Office (UPO), Tippie Senate, and the Tippie Social Impact Community (SIC). The registration deadline is Thursday, March 28, at 11:59 p.m. Learn more and register now.

• CLICK HERE TO REGISTER HERE
• Open to all students and majors
• Register with a team of four OR individually sign up to be assigned a team
  • Limit two Seniors per team
  • First 20 teams to register  are “in.” Sign-up ASAP to secure your team’s spot!
• PRIZE MONEY for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams!
• Teams receive the case prompt April 5th (written by the Tippie Social Impact Community) and get 24 hours to build their solutions for April 6th presentations.
• Free breakfast, lunch, and catered dinner on Saturday, April 6th for competition participants.
• Email tevin-robbins@uiowa.edu for more info!

In 2025, we will expand the Tippie Sustainability Case Competition to include teams from other universities across the US.

Would you be interested in traveling/representing Tippie at a national case competition? If yes, please complete the following interest form to represent Tippie before Friday, February 9th!

We are now reviewing students for the 2024 National Women’s Case Competition in Austin, TX happening from April 4 – 6! The selection committee is seeking Tippie students with demonstrated potential and  leadership within the Tippie College of Business! The McCombs School of Business, the Women in Business Association, and Apple, Inc. are excited to host the 2024 McCombs National Women’s Case Competition taking place on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin from April 4 – 6, 2024 in Austin, Texas! Additional information can be found at: https://my.mccombs.utexas.edu/bba/student-life/womens-case-competition/registration-and-guidelines/

Competition Timeline:

• Feb. 9 (F): Finalize Tippie Team
• March 28 (Th): case released via email (one week prior to competition)
• March 28 – April 3: intensive case preparation [please note that Easter is March 31]
• April 3rd or 4th: Travel as team
• Apr 4 (Th) – Apr 6 (Sat): competition held in Austin, Texas

Additional Information for WCC:

• In 2023, the Tippie team won 2nd  place in their first outing at the competition.
• Competition is a team of four. While all students are welcome, we are seeking any undergraduate BBA women (trans and non-binary students are welcome).
  • Prior completion or current enrollment in BUS:3000 (BCaP) preferred.
  • Experience working with Tableau (or strong quantitative skills) desired.
  • Strong team dynamics needed.
• Professor Beth A. Livingston, Faculty Director, Kathleen Dore – Henry B. Tippie Women’s Leadership Program will serve as the team advisor.
• Meredith Ringel-Ensley in the Frank Center will help prepare your team with best practices for PPT slides, public speaking, and other written/speaking material.
• Tevin Robbins and the UPO will assist with competition logistics.
• All student participants are provided food and hotel lodging throughout the competition as well as additional expenses provided by the Tippie College of Business.

History of WCC

The McCombs National Women’s Case Competition began as an initiative to provide more opportunities for female identifying students to participate a heavily male dominated case competition space. The competition was created as a space to amplify the voices of women and provide pathways for women to participate in case competitions on a large scale. Presently, all students are able to participate, regardless of gender identity.

Why the lack of women representation?

​ Interestingly, there is a consistent skewed gender ratio, which undermines the competitions. 50% of business students are women, yet only 29% of case competition participants are women. Questionnaires from past WCC participants have found potential causes for this lack of representation include self-doubt, lack of experience amongst students, and that the intensity and duration of the case competitions were not a good fit for most.

Thanks to the generous support from the sponsoring company, Apple, Inc., the National Women’s Case Competition is able to provide the following cash prizes to the first, second, and third place teams:

• First Place – $4,000 ($1,000 for each team member)
• Second Place – $2,500 ($625 for each team member)
• Third Place – $1,500 ($375 for each team member)

If you have any questions about WCC, or case competitions supported by the Tippie Undergraduate Program Office (UPO), contact Tevin Robbins at tevin-robbins@uiowa.edu.

The Tippie Top 21 award holistically recognizes twenty-one of the college’s outstanding student leaders. And we’re asking you to submit nominations for the class of 2024 Tippie Top 21 awardees!

Click here to Submit a nomination

How do you know if a student is qualified?

ALL Tippie undergraduate students and pre-business students are eligible to be nominated. Top nominees are expected to have demonstrated excellence holistically across the following areas:

• Scholarship (academics)
• Leadership (involvement)
• Experiential learning (hands-on experiences)
• Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Global Engagement (expanding perspectives)

Please take a few minutes to submit brief nominations students who you feel are strong examples of what it means to be a Tippie student. Self-nominations are also welcome.

Consider peers in your classes, student organizations, or students you want to recognize are doing great things to embody Tippie. Students who are nominated must also submit their resume and cover letter discussing their accomplishments across the four categories so nominations they do not need to be lengthy (or eloquent). Students can be nominated multiple times but has VERY LOW impact on the final Top 21 awardees.

To learn more, nominate students, and see former Tippie Top 21 winner profiles, please visit: https://tippie.uiowa.edu/current-students/undergraduates/get-involved/tippie-top-21.

The nomination deadline is Thursday, February 29 at 11:59 pm.

If you have questions, please contact Tevin Robbins at tevin-robbins@uiowa.edu.

You may or may not know but the Tippie College of Business UPO sends representatives to national case competition every year all over the country! There is currently a team preparing for the Eller Ethics Case Competition in Arizona based on the themes of business ethics and corporate social responsibility.

ANNOUNCING the selection committee is now selecting students for the National Diversity Case Competition in Indiana! (More info below)

If you or students you know are interested in being considered for ANY national case competitions to represent Tippie, please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/GsVFMiLdBi.

The Kelley School of Business (Indiana University) will host the 13th annual competition National Diversity Case Competition (NDCC) over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend January 12-13.

This is a premier event that brings together top-level, diverse talent from colleges and universities across the country for networking, a case competition, and workshops. The event will include 40+ teams from across the country as they compete for $22,000 in cash prizes and corporate partners will engage with participating students throughout the weekend!

2022 Women in Analytics and Leadership Conference

• Friday, October 7, 9:00 AM – 3:15 PM in
• W401 Pappajohn Business Building (PBB)

The George D. Smith award-winning Department of Business Analytics is hosting the 4th annual Women in Analytics and Leadership Conference.

This free event includes speakers from Salesforce, RSM, Delta, and professionals in various stages of their career. Come join us for an inspiring day and learn how you can use data to improve how things work and help people.

The event is offered to students from ALL majors as an opportunity to find out what it’s really like to work as a woman in data analytics and see how ANY student can enter the field. Register now and enjoy meeting some truly inspirational people. Breakfast and lunch included.

Register Directly at: https://tippie.uiowa.edu/news-events/events/women-analytics-and-leadership-conference/registration

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Shannon Henderson in advance at 319-335-3496.

Twenty-one student leaders
The Tippie Top 21 award recognizes 21 of the college’s outstanding student leaders. These students are young people who have excelled in the areas of scholarship, leadership, experiential learning, and advancing diversity, inclusion, and global engagement.

Why Re-Branding?
We encourage our students to propel themselves into the college experience by getting involved within Tippie and beyond. That being said, credit should be given where credit is due. Tippie’s Top 21 gives well-deserved recognition to outstanding leaders who begin their college journeys from many different backgrounds. Moving forward, we hope to re-brand this award in order to be more inclusive of the undergraduate student population who come from all these backgrounds.

Whether it is through stellar academics or impressive initiative, our faculty and staff know that students can impact the Tippie community in countless ways. It is important to us to acknowledge these impacts and highlight the students who make them.

Submit a nomination

How do I know if a student is qualified?
We’re sure you’re thinking of all the great Tippie students you could nominate for a Top 21 award. First, be sure that the student you have in mind is admitted to Tippie OR has declared pre-business. No matter their age, ALL Tippie students and pre-business students are eligible to be nominated. Nominees also are expected to have demonstrated excellence in at least two of the following areas:

• Scholarship
• Leadership
• Experiential learning
• Advancing diversity, inclusion, and global engagement

If you have questions, please contact Tevin Robbins at tevin-robbins@uiowa.edu.