CULLOWHEE - Students and faculty from the Western Carolina University College of Business attended the Tennessee Valley Authority Investment Challenge Conference and Job Fair recently in Nashville, Tenn.

Nineteen Tennessee Valley universities were represented. The TVA Investment Challenge allows students to manage $100,000 portfolios for the TVA, and teams earning the highest return win scholarship monies for their universities.

Last year, Western's team beat the Dow Industrial Average by more than 10 percent. Students from WNC participating included; Nicole Baker and Jennifer Clark of Asheville, Janet Gray and Jessica Gross of Cullowhee, Josh Hughes of Sylva, Charles Kirby of Waynesville, Matt Sorrells of Canton, Bridget Tyson of Clyde and Dustin Watson of Cashiers.