Registration begins for Capstone/Foundation International Challenge

Registration for the Capstone / Foundation International Challenge, a worldwide, Internet-based contest for business students will begin Monday, October 3, 2005 and end Friday, October 28, 2005 The Challenge, based on the Capstone® and Foundation® Business Simulations, involves students from the 500 colleges and universities world-wide, using these programs for management education.

Northfield, IL (PRWEB) October 5, 2005 -- Registration for the Capstone / Foundation International Challenge, a worldwide, Internet-based contest for business students will begin Monday, October 3, 2005 and end Friday, October 28, 2005.

The Challenge, based on the Capstone® and Foundation® Business Simulations, involves students from the 500 colleges and universities world-wide, using these programs for management education.

More than 200,000 students have used the programs, making them the most popular business simulations in the world. So this year we expect another dramatic increase in entries to the Competition.

Capstone and Foundation represent the first, and possibly the last, time some students will experience managing a major corporation

Thats why they enter the Challenge. They can win only glory, but they experience the joys of learning, managing, teamwork and competition.

The Challenge, which runs every Spring and Fall, is sponsored by Management Simulations, Inc.(MSI). Dan Smith, president of MSI said, "More than 200,000 students have used the programs, making them the most popular business simulations in the world. So this year we expect another dramatic increase in entries to the Competition."

"Capstone and Foundation represent the first, and possibly the last, time some students will experience managing a major corporation," says Smith. "Thats why they enter the Challenge. They can win only glory, but they experience the joys of learning, managing, teamwork and competition."

The Challenge is free to registered Capstone and Foundation business simulation students. Beginning October 3rd, registrants go to www.capsim.com and click "Challenge Registration."

Qualifier rounds will begin Monday, October 31, 2005 until Thursday, November 10, 2005. The final competition will begin begin Friday, November 11, 2005. The winner will be announced Monday, November 14, 2005.

All software, printed materials, instructions and reports are free and are generated on the Internet. Students from all over the world can participate without needing to travel.

Previous winners are listed on the Challenge Hall of Fame plaques at www.capsim.com. Winning schools are Curtin University of Technology, University of Toledo; Montana State University; Southeast Missouri State University; Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; University of California, San Diego; University of Central Oklahoma; Vanderbilt University; University of Massachusetts; University of New Orleans; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of New Orleans; University of British Columbia; Curtin University of Technology.
For further information, visit http://www.capsim.com and click "Challenge Registration."

Rodger Mitchell
Management Simulations, Inc.
540 Frontage Road, Northfield, IL 60093
Toll Free: 877-477-8787
1-847-501-2888

CONTACT:
Daniel Smith, President
Management Simulations, Inc.
540 Frontage Rd., Northfield, Illinois
Phone: 847-501-2888; Fax: 847-441-9044
Email: rodger @ capsim.com Web site: www.capsim.com

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