UB student places in top four in national competition

Snyder resident Chijioke Okoro, a master of business administration student in the University at Buffalo School of Management, was named one of the four "Best Presenters" at the KeyBank/Ohio State University Minority MBA Student Case Competition held recently at KeyBank's corporate headquarters in Cleveland.

Fifteen universities competed in the annual event that offers minority students the opportunity to test their case presentation skills against MBA students from across the nation.

Okoro, one of four UB students selected by the university to compete in the case competition, presented his team's prospecting plan for KeyBank capital markets entering new industries.

Okoro, a native of New York City, earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. He is scheduled to graduate from UB in May.

In addition to making their formal presentations to business executives, participants had the opportunity to visit the corporate headquarters of a Fortune 500 company, meet top executives and submit resumes that are reviewed by Key- Bank's human resources recruiters and senior executives.