Three students from St. Bonaventure University’s 150-hour Professional Accountancy MBA program presented papers at the 14^th annual Business Research Consortium of Western New York Conference, held May 27 in Toronto.

The BRC, founded in 2006 by five AACSB-accredited schools in Western New York, including St. Bonaventure, fosters research opportunities and networks for pioneering research in business. St. Bonaventure last hosted the conference in 2015.

• Ryan O’Connor, ’18 and ’19, presented “Baseball, Fraud and Data Analytics: A Classroom Exercise Illustrating Data Analytics,” co-authored by Dr. Joe Coate, professor of accounting.
• Danielle Vis, ’18 and ’19, presented “Data Analytics and the Professional Accountant,” co-authored by Coate.
• Eileen Proto, ’18 and December ’19, presented “The Top 10 Building Blocks for Understanding Blockchain: What Faculty Should Communicate to Business Students.”

St. Bonaventure faculty members John Stevens, Dr. Mike Gallagher, Dr. Todd Palmer and Dr. Laurie Branch, a university trustee and adjunct instructor, also presented at the conference.

• Stevens presentation was “Test Taking in Teams: Why This Is a Good Idea.” Grace Garlick, ’18 and ’19, worked with Stevens on his research, but was unable to attend the conference.
• Gallagher presented on “Integrating Video Learning in a Traditional Classroom.”
• Palmer, Branch and alumnus Reed McElfresh, ’13 and ’14, gave a presentation on “Using Information Visualization as a Means to Generate Student Interest in Business Analytics: A Case Study.”

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