Preparing for finance career success

Harbert Investment Center’s student organizations provide hands-on, practical experience

 

If you’re a student studying finance in the Harbert College of Business, there are plenty of ways to put your classroom knowledge into practice before graduation.

“The bottom line is that if you come to Auburn and want practical application experience in finance, you have avenues,” said Professor of Practice Tracy Richard. “Every student can easily access experiential learning.” 

Richard oversees two of the three student organizations in the Harbert Investment Center, a hub for research, outreach and co-curricular initiatives in the Department of Finance. Under the guidance of Albert Wang, director of research, and Joseph Stover, director of outreach, the center connects students and faculty with the finance industry, academic partners and the broader community.  

And as for the experiential learning opportunities — well, there are quite a few. There is an endless supply of programming from the center’s three student groups:  

• Auburn Finance Society (AFS), which is open to students from all majors;
• The Financial Management Association National Honor Society (FMA), which accepts roughly 55 high-achieving students per year;
• And the Auburn Student Investment Fund (ASIF), comprised of FMA’s junior year cohort and a leadership board of FMA seniors. 

 

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