Willimantic, Conn. – Eastern Connecticut State University’s chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) won two awards at the 36th Annual International Collegiate Conference in New Orleans, LA, April 10-12. Eastern’s AMA chapter was awarded the Outstanding Community Service Award and the Outstanding Membership Award.
The Annual International Collegiate Conference is the largest collegiate AMA event of the year. This year approximately 150 schools represented by approximately 1,400 students and faculty advisors were present for the event.
Eastern’s AMA was represented by Faculty Advisor and Business Administration Professor Katalin Eibel-Spanyi and eight business administration students aspiring to be marketing professionals: Cody Brown, Brett Casella, Marissa Colley, Colin Gaffey, Monica Iafrancesco, Alexa Langdon and Xiaowei Li.
“As a faculty advisor, I am very proud of them,” said Eibel-Spanyi. “We are grateful for all the support our chapter has received from the Eastern community.”