College of Business Receives Donation from the Tampa New Auto Dealers Association

The Tampa New Auto Dealers Association has donated $5000 to the College of Business. The donation will be used for the Bulls Business Community, a living-learning center for incoming freshmen declaring a business major.  The check was presented to the College by the association’s vice president, Ralph Ghioto and executive director, George Wilson at the Week of Welcome event in August.
 

Fifth Third Bank Invests in Financial Education

Brian Keenan, President and CEO of Fifth Third Bank’s Tampa Bay market and a 1986 College of Business alumnus, presented a $10,000 check to Dean Robert Forsythe at the grand opening of the bank’s Carrollwood Financial Center in September.

Keenan said the grant, which will support curriculum development in the College’s Financial Services Education Center, “elevates the quality of the talent pool in the financial services industry in Tampa Bay.” The  Financial Services Education Center (FSEC) offers top USF business students an experiential educational model featuring special projects and live business cases based on real world business situations, as well as internships and mentoring opportunities with financial services companies. Students participating in the program form an elite cohort who will be highly marketable when they graduate. Initially, the program’s emphasis is on private wealth management. 

Fifth Third Bank, which entered the Tampa market only two-and-a-half years ago, is expanding rapidly, with the goal of having 41 banking centers on line by the end of 2007. As the bank expands its reach, they will look to USF’s College of Business to help address their hiring needs.

For more information on the College’s Financial Services Education Center, contact Scott Besley, Department Chair, Finance, sbesley@coba.usf.edu or 813-974-6341.