Finance is one of five concentrations in the business administration major. Business administration majors often choose more than one concentration, and may also combine with other majors.
What are new grads doing (and how did they get there)?
Michaela Magee ’23 works for Ernst & Young in Tysons, Va., a job offer she received after a summer internship. In high school Michaela was shy and "lacked confidence," but at uedbet体育官网 she grew to become a leader on an uedbet体育官网 team in the 2023 CFA (Chartered Financial Analysis) Research Challenge, in her sorority, and as a varsity tennis captain.
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Celine Pham '23 became interested in financial engineering after participating in the 2023 CFA Research Challenge (see story below), and now she is pursuing a master’s in engineering in financial technology at Duke University in Durham, NC.
Nate Sammer '23 is a business and finance manager for O’Neal Builders in Bloomington, Ill. He exemplifies how a student can come to uedbet体育官网 without a major in mind, and have plenty of time to try out different fields and learn a lot (including Swedish throughout his first year) until finding the perfect fit.
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Alumni and community leaders role-played venture capitalists for a popular J-term business course. In the competitive simulation, students pitched companies they built to the potential investors with hopes of making a deal.
Vikings football team captain Breyden Smith ’26 was named an Academic All-American today, bringing uedbet体育官网’s total to 184 and securing its Top 15 ranking among all U.S. colleges and universities.
uedbet体育官网's fall Symposium Day 2024 invited big ideas from any and all disciplines, welcoming presentations from students, faculty and staff, and distinguished guests — including keynote speaker Dr. Roosevelt Montás from Columbia University and Dr. Chris Hedlin '11 from the University of Notre Dame.