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Panthers Pumped after Visit to “The Street”
by Winifred Akande
Q:
What do you get when you cross 18 of Robinson’s most outstanding
graduate and undergraduate students with dedicated faculty and major
financial institutions in New York City?
A: Panthers on Wall
Street, a joint project of the College’s Board of Advisors, Career
Management Center, and Development Office.
Participants, who
were chosen through a rigorous selection process, met with executives
at nine top-tier firms in the heart of the financial district. They
also spent time with the Board of Advisors.
The elite group of
students prepared for the trip with coaching sessions, business
etiquette classes, and other activities that senior finance and
accounting major, Kyle Killough, said made him “a more refined and
polished individual.”
Board member Jefferson Harralson said
that the preparation paid off. Harralson, who led the effort to launch
Panthers on Wall Street, was “impressed with the group’s depth of
understanding, their teamwork, and their camaraderie.”
The
host companies were impressed as well. Two students interviewed with
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Two more received offers from KPMG’s Atlanta
office. Graduate finance student A. K. Gray said that the most valuable
benefit she gained from the program is “confidence in myself and my
abilities.”
Gray’s sentiment is surely music to Tom Body’s
ears. According to Body, the former chair of the Board of Advisors, the
program is an example of the group’s philosophy in action. “Panthers on
Wall Street is an extension of the board’s overall goal to mentor
Robinson students.”
Bergeron Scholars - Tops in Tech
Five
undergraduate students were named recipients of the Bergeron Women in
Technology Leadership Scholarship for 2008. Seniors Jessica Wrenn,
Melissa Lamoureux, and Kia Rainey; junior Tamara Roper; and sophomore
Catherine Mickle all received scholarships that include a paid tuition
award and one-on-one mentoring with a leader from the technology
industry.
“We recognize the value of fostering women in
technology to enhance the diversity of the industry’s leadership,” said
Sandra Bergeron, chairman of the mentorship committee and a graduate of
Robinson’s top-ranked Computer Information Systems department.
“Congratulations to our winners. They bring a wealth of talent and
possibility to our field.”
The program is funded through a $1 million endowment made by Sandra and Doug Bergeron to the Robinson College.
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