Accepting the Challenge: BCom Students Demonstrate Collaborative Problem Solving During 24-Hour Case Competition

First year Bachelor of Commerce students were provided with a challenge: within 24-hours you must prepare a financial literacy case and present your idea to a panel of alumni judges.

Over 900 BCom students accepted the challenge!

The 24-hour case challenge is part of DeGroote’s BCom Rethink initiative where students work together to solve a financial literacy problem. This immersive experience fosters an environment of belonging and collaborative problem-solving, integrating core business skills with essential communication, critical thinking, and entrepreneurship skills.

This event is often a highlight for first year students and is designed to challenge and push them out of their comfort zone. What seems like an enormous challenge at the beginning, turns into a transformative experience as students pull together, navigate the time crunch, delegate, and present a solution.

Students take the skills they learned in class and turn them into action by working on real-life problems.

During the fourth annual 24-hour case, over 900 students participated and 150 volunteers from the DeGroote community supported students in this unique learning opportunity.