On Monday, I had dinner with a Colin Powell School student who is interning at one of the Wall Street banks this summer. He is thriving but shared that he is the only person in his intern class who began the summer with no experience with Bloomberg terminals. He had to teach himself how to use them over the first weekend of the internship. This will no longer be the case at The City College of New York. This week, the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership announced plans to launch a Bloomberg Lab at CCNY next month. The Lab will provide vital training for students focused in finance, business, marketing, and communication. This is crucial for students entering the worlds of business. The Lab is made possible in part by a generous donation from Liz Weikes, Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Wealth Management and member of the Colin Powell School Board of Visitors. Liz joined our Board a year ago, and immediately saw the need for the Lab. My sincere thanks to Liz for her vision and leadership in supporting this crucial initiative. My thanks, as well, to my colleagues in the Department of Economics and Business who have developed a robust curriculum to make use of the terminals and who mentor and support students interested in finance and business with great passion, especially, Prabal De, PAUL D. CLIFFORD, Richard Horwitz, Marianne Wolk, Demetri Papacostas, Sarah Dyer Dana, and Kevin Foster.
Great news, and kudos to everyone involved in making this happen! I am confident that students will learn a lot about finance and business.
Great initiative, happy to hear students will now have access to this amazing resource!
Wonderful initiative! Looking forward to utilizing it on campus.
Hoping alums can come and learn too!
Always getting the job done! Great work!
Wonderful resource for the students! Thank you Liz Weikes!
Amazing!
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1moThe Bloomberg Lab at CCNY will be invaluable for Economics and Business students at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. Special appreciation to Liz Weikes for enabling this, and also for her service to the Board of Visitors. Talk about impact!