MANSFIELD, PA – Students from Mansfield University partnered with C&N to earn second place in the Conference of State Bankers Supervisors (CSBS)’s Community Bank Case Study Competition. This competition is a national program that provides students with valuable experience by engaging with local banks in a hands-on learning opportunity.
The second-place team from Mansfield University included Ethan Allen, Seth Anderson, Hannah Caccia, Sarah Hart and Quanwen Long. Their faculty advisors were Dr. Atika Benaddi, Dr. Xiaoxuan "Shelly" Ji, and Dr. Xia Zhou, and their bank partner was C&N. All students will receive a $500 scholarship from CSBS and will be recognized at the PA Bankers Young Professionals Conference in September in Hershey. The top three winning case studies are published in a journal of academic research and can be found online at www.csbs.org/bankcasestudy.
This is the fifth straight year that Mansfield University has teamed with C&N for this competition, reaching as high as third place nationally in 2020. Each year, the students are asked to provide a case study which examines how their partner bank has responded to various influencing factors. The theme of this year’s Community Bank Case Study Competition focused on how community banks have navigated changes over the past decade and what can be expected in the next 10 years.
“C&N has partnered with the MU students on this study for five years in a row and we look forward to it every year. We are always impressed with the professionalism displayed by these bright students,” said Brad Scovill, C&N President & CEO. “They always take the study very seriously and are intellectually curious about the banking industry and the role community banks play in our economy and society as a whole.”
“The Pennsylvania Bankers Association congratulates the Mansfield University/C&N team on its second-place finish in the 2022 CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition,” said Duncan Campbell, president & CEO of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association. “We are very proud of all seven Pennsylvania teams for their work throughout the competition and thank the bank partners who continue to educate the next generation. The future of the Pennsylvania banking industry is bright.”
