A team of 3 university students Hawaii At Manoah Shidler College of Business, students won a national government litigation challenge and each received a $1,000 scholarship.
You-Fan Chai, Manying Huang, and Alaina Rhoades spent months analyzing data for a selected city (Denver, Colorado) to create a “citizen-centric report” for that city.
“Winning this competition was really surreal and a great learning experience,” Chai said. “This contest allowed us to test our skills in finding the information we needed about Denver, Colorado.”
According to Chai, the team used Canva and CapCut to make their reports, presentations, and videos visually appealing.
“We encourage students to participate in competitions like this, not only to win prizes, but also to develop themselves through learning experiences,” Chai said.
Sponsored by the National Association of Government Accountants (AGA), the Government Fiscal Litigation Challenge demonstrates the importance of government accountability and transparency, demonstrates how much data needs to be transformed into information available to the public, and provides insight into an exciting career in government. Raised awareness.
The team received advice from ah Jian Zhou, professor at Manoa School of Accountancy;
“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Pamela Young. AGA—Hawaii We would like to thank her for her essential support,” said Ms. Zhou. “Overall AGA The Government Finance Case Challenge journey provided students with a transformative learning experience characterized by unwavering commitment and receptivity to government feedback. AGA, Pamela Young and me. It has been extremely satisfying to watch their amazing growth over the course of this journey. Their outstanding performance in the national case competition is truly commendable and we could not be more proud of their success. ”
Submissions were judged by a panel of government finance experts, and finalists presented their results in a mock government meeting video created by their teams.this is the third ah This is the first time in four years that a Manoa team has won at the graduate or undergraduate level.
It is displayed. ah Manoa team report (PDF).
