麻豆女郎鈥檚 College of Business Receives Grant from JPMorgan Chase
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received a sponsorship from JPMorgan Chase鈥檚 (WOTM) to create programs and opportunities for finance majors that are expected to attract a diverse group of students and prepare students from many backgrounds to become successful professionals in the finance industry. JPMorgan Chase will serve as the inaugural Financial Services Sponsor of the Women in Finance program for the College of Business. The program is open to all students and focuses on educating and training finance professionals.
鈥淛PMorgan Chase鈥檚 Women on the Move program is excited to work with 麻豆女郎 to help support college students pursuing careers in finance. Two of our key priorities are improving women鈥檚 financial health and empowering their career growth,鈥 said Sam Saperstein, managing director and global head of JPMorgan Chase鈥檚 Women on the Move. 鈥淲e look forward to connecting 麻豆女郎 students with financial health education and equipping them with the resources and tools to bolster their confidence about their financial futures.鈥
With this support, 麻豆女郎 also will establish a student recruitment program for the finance major. In addition, 麻豆女郎 will begin development of a student-managed investment program that gives them real-world experience managing an investment portfolio. The gift will enable the college to begin teaching investment classes and develop a minor for finance majors focused on managed investments.
鈥淔lorida Atlantic is pleased to work with JPMorgan Chase to strengthen our finance program overall and build greater diversity among our finance majors,鈥 said Daniel M. Gropper, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business. 鈥溌槎古 is a natural fit for the Women in Finance program as our student body is among the most diverse in the country, and women comprise almost half of our students in the College of Business.鈥 聽聽
Through the program, 麻豆女郎 will establish several recruitment tools to attract a diverse group of students 鈥 including women 鈥 into the finance program. Those tools include a student organization for finance majors; an extracurricular speaker series focused on career advancement issues; internships; and guest speakers in the program who work in the finance industry.
Under the student-managed investment program, 麻豆女郎 will recruit experienced financial professionals to mentor students interested in careers in managing investments. The fund, once established, will place 麻豆女郎鈥檚 finance major among the exceptional finance programs nationwide that offer students the opportunity to manage and administer an investment portfolio. Rather than a simulation, the program would be a real-life investment management experience using real money. At colleges with student-managed investment funds across the nation, the funds vary from several hundred thousand dollars to millions of dollars. The College of Business will continue to develop opportunities to build this fund.
is JPMorgan Chase鈥檚 commitment to provide women with opportunities to succeed in their professional and personal lives. The initiative focuses on fueling women鈥檚 ambitions and advancing financial equity by expanding women-run businesses, improving women鈥檚 financial health, advancing women鈥檚 career growth and supporting women and girls in communities globally. For more information, visit JPMorgan Chase鈥檚 Women on the Move .
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