Leading Groups, Honing Skills Hands-on involvement has always been a hallmark of Owen student groups. See what they were up to this year. From the Summer 2014 edition of Vanderbilt Business By Nancy Wise | Cover, Departments, Picture This The Snapple team shows off its display for Vanderbilt Marketing Association’s Marketing Madness, where student teams compete to create the most successful marketing campaign. The Owen Tech Club was launched this year and set up Tech Trek, a spring break trip to the West Coast. The Vanderbilt Marketing Association team won first place in the Rice Marketing Case Competition. Vanderbilt fielded this team for the second SEC MBA Case Competition. Students involved with 100% Owen spent a day of service helping Nashville’s Thistle Farms, a nonprofit benefiting women residential program for women who have survived prostitution, addiction and life on the streets. MBA Games Club members participate in the annual MBA Games, a national event that raises funds for the Special Olympics. Since 1989, the event has raised over $1.8 million for the charity. More than 350 people attended the student-organized 2013 Vanderbilt Health Care Conference. One of the keynote speakers at the 2013 Vanderbilt Health Care Conference was Guest speaker Rushika Fernandopulle, who talked about radical primary health care.