鉴黄师app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 鉴黄师app and prepare 鉴黄师app 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 鉴黄师app and focuses on educating and training finance professionals.
鈥淛PMorgan Chase鈥檚 Women on the Move program is excited to work with 鉴黄师app to help support college 鉴黄师app 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 鉴黄师app 鉴黄师app with financial health education and equipping them with the resources and tools to bolster their confidence about their financial futures.鈥
With this support, 鉴黄师app also will establish a student recruitment program for the finance major. In addition, 鉴黄师app 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. 鈥溂剖pp 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 鉴黄师app in the College of Business.鈥 聽聽
Through the program, 鉴黄师app will establish several recruitment tools to attract a diverse group of 鉴黄师app 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, 鉴黄师app will recruit experienced financial professionals to mentor 鉴黄师app interested in careers in managing investments. The fund, once established, will place 鉴黄师app鈥檚 finance major among the exceptional finance programs nationwide that offer 鉴黄师app 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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