The Center for Risk Management Education and Research (CRMER)continues with great momentum into its fourth year this spring. Since the start of 2016 the Center for Risk Management Education & Research witnessed substantial growth, including welcoming the largest class of Student Fellows in program history. The new class is comprised of 24 undergraduate and graduate students from across eight different majors. The Center continues to deliver high quality educational experiences as it hosts more than seven industry guest speakers on campus this spring semester and facilitates various industry visits around the country for Student Fellows to learn direct risk management practices from industry leaders. The current class of Student Fellows is looking forward to a trip to Washington D.C. this May to meet with several risk management experts working in the D.C. metropolitan area.
Student-led applied research is another integral part of the educational experience for the Student Fellows of the Center. Four new research projects will be completed by May of 2016, adding to the seven research projects already completed by Student Fellows since the program’s inception in 2013. The Center for Risk Management Education and Research would like to thank the industry sponsors and faculty members from the Department of Agricultural Economics who helped coordinate these research projects.
The Center for Risk Management Education and Research is also preparing to add 11 new members to its growing group of alumni Fellows as the third class of Student Fellows prepares to graduate this May. Graduates who successfully complete the requirements of a Student Fellow now also receive a notation on their transcripts to acknowledge this achievement. More than half of the graduating class of Student Fellows have already secured full time positions at an impressive line of employers including Deloitte Consulting, ADM, and Cerner. The Center wishes all of these Student Fellows the best of luck as they enter the workforce.
For more information about the Center for Risk Management Education and Research please visit our website at k-state.edu/riskmanagement.
