Nearly 40 students receiving grants to attend RIMS conference
The grants recognize outstanding undergraduate and grade risk management and insurance students.
Students from Columbia, India and Hong Kong will join a contingency of American students at RISKWORLD, RIMS’ upcoming risk management and insurance conference, with the support of Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program (ABSIP) grants.
The grant program, which will support 36 students this year, is sponsored by The Spencer Educational Foundation and “recognizes the achievements of outstanding undergraduate and grade risk management and insurance students,” according to a release from RIMS.
“As business leaders around the world demonstrate a greater commitment to strengthening their risk management capabilities, it is critical that RIMS commits its resources to building a pipeline of talented professionals to meet those expectations,” Patrick Sterling, RIMS president, said in a release. “Through the ABSIP, we give these dynamic students a first-hand glimpse at the world of opportunity waiting for them as risk professionals. We are proud to work with Spencer to offer this valuable learning experience.”
The 2022 ABSIP grant recipients are:
- Abby Daunt, Florida State University
- Alexis Rossilli, University of Akron
- Alfonso Tello, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Aliyah Abdullah, University of Hartford
- Anne Bowen, Indiana State University
- Bailey Bennett, Troy University
- Claudia Matilda Vevera, Florida State University
- Daniel Landaverde, University of North Texas
- Emily Giles, University of North Texas
- Emily Jung, University of Calgary
- Emily Selenis, Illinois State University
- Ethan Flynn, Ball State University
- Geoffrey Fong, University of Southern California
- Hawreen Rawanduzy, University of Colorado Denver
- Joshua Rose, Missouri State University
- Juan Carlos Pedroza Sanchez, EAFIT (Colombia)
- Katherine Alexander, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Kristian Marino, St. John’s University
- Kristy Fugel, University of Calgary
- Madeline Lang, University of Alabama
- Maroun Harb, St. Mary’s University (Texas)
- Natalia Pérez MunÞoz, EAFIT (Colombia)
- Nathan Chandler, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
- Nicole Sabin, Illinois State University
- Rachel Balz, University of Georgia
- Rebecca Leigh, Georgia State University
- Rudrawar Prasad Pandurangrao, NIA Pune (India)
- Sophia Marcum, University of Akron
- Sri Priya Varshini, NIA Pune (India)
- Sumeet Hiralal Prajapati, NIA Pune (India)
- Tanvi Yadav, University of Southern California
- Tiffany Li, University of Georgia
- Victoria Pommells, Georgia State University
- Zane Smith, St. Mary’s University
- Zixin Chen, Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
- Zoie Walters, Olivet College
“Spencer is proud of our long-standing partnership with RIMS and appreciates the opportunity to support student involvement at all RIMS conferences,” Spencer Executive Director Megan Miller said in a release. “The ABSIP program is pivotal for students, not only providing them with the funds to experience the conference but it also creates genuine excitement on their campuses about the opportunities and rewards of entering into the risk management and insurance industries.”
RISKWORLD runs April 10-23 in San Francisco.
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