The award is presented to a graduating senior with a major in Finance or with a major in Insurance who strongly exemplifies the characteristics on which the Department of Finance, Insurance and Law bases its student academic awards. Primary criteria are overall academic achievement and success in major course work. Supporting criteria include participation in other appropriate academic and extracurricular activities, ad-mirable personal character, and a demonstrated commitment to success as a business professional.
The award is presented to a junior with a major in Finance or with a major in Insurance who strongly exemplifies the characteristics on which the Department of Finance, In-surance and Law bases its student academic awards. Primary criteria are overall aca-demic achievement and success in major course work. Supporting criteria include par-ticipation in other appropriate academic and extracurricular activities, admirable per-sonal character, and a demonstrated commitment to success as a business professional.
Erika Gilbert is a retired Finance professor known for mentoring students. The award is presented to a junior or senior Finance major who has a distinguished record as a mentor to other students through such activities as tutoring and providing advice on career planning.
This award is presented to a student at Illinois State University who has excelled scho-lastically in undergraduate course work relating to the field of business law. The primary criterion is superior academic performance in the Legal Environment of Business course. Supporting criteria include overall academic achievement, strong performance in other law-based undergraduate course work, admirable personal character, and an interest in going to law school.
To be eligible for the Finance Student Organization Leadership Award, the student must be a Finance major who has made significant contributions through demonstrated leadership in the Illinois State University Finance student organization.
This award is presented to a junior student at Illinois State University with a major in Finance and that shows exceptional promise for a successful career in Finance after graduation.
This award is presented to a senior student at Illinois State University with a major in Finance and that shows exceptional promise for a successful career in Finance after graduation. Evidence of the Finance Achievement Award winner's promise includes outstanding academic performance in advanced level Finance course work, strong overall academic standing, active participation in relevant extracurricular activities, admirable personal character, and demonstrated interest in serving the financial marketplace as a capable and ethical professional.
This award is presented to a senior student at Illinois State University with a major in Finance who has shown exceptional performance as an intern in a professional work-place. Outstanding interns not only develop their own career skills but they also bear responsibility for nurturing and strengthening ISU's important relationships with the business community. Criteria include strong academic ability, an outstanding work ethic, resilience, initiative, good time management skills, and the ability to work effectively and diplomatically with people across a range of organizational levels.
New in 2010 and created by the Illinois State Alumni in Finance organization, the quali-fications for the award are a minimum 3.35 overall GPA, a strong interest in investments and intentions on pursuing a career in an investment-related field, leadership in co-curricular activities within the University and the College of Business, and leadership in the community through charity and active volunteering. The award also includes the invitation to visit a member of the ISAF network, in a professional setting.
Sponsored by Brian Bruce, an Finance alum and Chairman of the Center for Investment Research and Analysis, the award is presented to a senior Finance major who has ex-celled in advanced level Finance course work, especially in classes relating to investment topics, and who plans a career in the field of investment analysis or portfolio manage-ment.
Mr. David Mistic, an alumnus of the Illinois State University Finance program and the Educational Investment Fund course, sponsors the award. It is presented to a student who has shown overall academic promise, an interest in the investments field, and a commitment to completing the EIF course.
In 2008, the Baxter Credit Union, Vernon Hills, IL, created the Jordan Styx Memorial Scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial support to finance majors. Jordan Matthew Styx, of Ingleside, IL, was a 2006 Illinois State University grad-uate with a major in Finance, Treasurer of the Financial Management Association student organization, and a competitor in the pole vault for the Illinois State University track team. At the time of his death, Jordan Styx was an employee of the Baxter Credit Union.
Honoring the late Laverne Cox, a Finance professor known for encouraging students to develop leadership skills through participation in community and extracurricular activi-ties, the award is presented to a Finance major who has made significant contributions through student organizations, departmental activities, or other forms of service. Sup-porting criteria include overall academic achievement, admirable personal character, and a demonstrated commitment to success as a professional in the financial world.
The scholarship is presented to senior Finance majors who have excelled in the Educa-tional Investment Fund course, in which students manage an actual investment portfolio. Supporting criteria include participation in other academic and extracurricular activities, admirable personal character, and a demonstrated commitment to success as a professional in the financial world. Funding for the scholarship comes from investment returns that the students earn by managing the portfolio.
Presented to a student, typically during the junior year, who has shown overall academic promise, an interest in the investments field, and a commitment to completing the Educational Investment Fund course in a later semester. Supporting criteria include participation in other appropriate academic and extracurricular activities, admirable personal character, and a demonstrated commitment to success as a professional in the financial world. Funding for the scholarship comes from investment returns that the students earn by managing the portfolio.
The award is an internship opportunity in Illinois State University's Office of Finance and Planning, working with the ISU Comptroller on treasury management issues. The criterion for the internship is an interest in treasury management, successful coursework in Short-term Financial Management and academic performance. The internship is funded by the sponsor.
The scholarship is presented to a graduating senior, or an MBA student, who has par-ticipated in the Finance course that prepares students to take the Chartered Financial Analyst Level I exam, administered by the Association for Investment Management and Research. The scholarship consists of a waiver of the fees normally required of those who sit for the Level I exam. Admission to the CFA review course, offered in the spring semester each year, is by invitation only, with criteria centered almost entirely on aca-demic success, particularly in Finance and related course work.
