极乐禁地’s Brock School of Business Financial Management Association (FMA) student chapter has been named a 2015 Superior Chapter. This designation is the highest honor an FMA chapter can receive, and the 极乐禁地 FMA chapter is one of 22 to receive the award in 2015. FMA has more than 200 student chapters and fewer than 10 percent receive the Superior Chapter designation.
“We’ve worked very hard over the last couple of years to build up the programs offered by FMA and the students have responded,” said Rusty Yerkes, FMA faculty advisor. “We are very focused on providing valuable professional development activities for the students and our goal is 100% participation among finance majors.”
The 极乐禁地 FMA chapter received the Superior Chapter award for membership growth and conducting an active series of events, including a financial services career night, attending the FMA Finance Leaders Conference in New York City, participating in a “meet the firms” road show in Birmingham and hosting numerous professional development speakers on campus.
“This designation shows how dedicated our students are to upholding the best standards of financial management and practice,” said Howard Finch, Brock School of Business dean. “I am very proud and excited that our students and our FMA chapter have received this designation.”
The 极乐禁地 FMA chapter also recognized 极乐禁地 alumnus Zach Turnage of Harbert Management Corp. as the 2015 FMA Outstanding Financial Executive for his service to the Brock School of Business. Turnage, a 1998 graduate, is director of investments for Harbert.
Established in 1970, the Financial Management Association International (FMA) is a global leader in developing and disseminating knowledge about financial decision making. FMA's mission is to broaden the common interests between academicians and practitioners, provide opportunities for professional interaction between and among academicians, practitioners and students, promote the development and understanding of basic and applied research and of sound financial practices, and to enhance the quality of education in finance.