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Risk management industry group RIMS has announced the recipients of its 2018 Anita Benedetti Student Involvement program grants. The program, sponsored by The Spencer Educational Foundation, recognizes outstanding achievement in risk-management studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The grants provide students with funds for travel expenses, complimentary accommodations and registration to the RIMS 2018 Annual Conference & Exhibition, which will be held April 15-18 in San Antonio, Texas.
Thirty-seven students were named Anita Benedetti Student Scholars this year. The 2018 roster includes six students from outside North America and greater participation from universities in the Northeast US, according to RIMS.
“The international and regional diversity of this year’s scholars reflects the evolution of the risk management profession,” said Mary Roth, CEO of RIMS. “RIMS’ collaboration with a growing number of universities that offer risk management curriculums is critical to closing a talent gap and supporting this profession’s future.”
This year’s grant recipients are:
• Kendall Banks, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
• Jenna Benvenuti, Olivet College
• Yuuki Bomar-Kawakita, University of Georgia
• Rebecca Cacioppo, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Laura Colmenares, Universidad EAFIT (Colombia)
• Abby Cothran, Mississippi State University
• Daniel Coyle, Temple University
• Douglas Dick, Troy University
• Maggie Flynn, Illinois State University
• Ashley Gao, University of Akron
• Matthew Garofalo, University of Hartford
• Nicholas Goers, Missouri State University
• Carina Gonzalez, St. Mary's University
• Jason Hall, British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Madison Hardy, University of Mississippi
• Noah Hicks, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
• Maranda Johnson, University of North Texas
• Megan Keathley, Olivet College
• Akash Kheterpal, National Insurance Academy (India)
• Logan Krause, East Carolina University
• Nick Kubala, Eastern Kentucky University
• Pratik Kumawat, Birla Institute of Management Technology (India)
• Ben Landes, University of Georgia
• Chunyan Lei, Peking University (China)
• Kyle McDonald, Ball State University
• Shannon Nisi, Troy University
• Nicholas Patnode, University of Wisconsin – Madison
• Nathan Paulik, Missouri State University
• Sam Reese, Butler University
• Abygail Schukin, Lasalle University
• Christy Simpers, Appalachian State University
• Andrew Smith, University of Calgary
• Alexandra Stoughton, University of Mississippi
• Brent Vansickle, British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Santiago Villa, Universidad EAFIT (Colombia)
• Amanda Wolfgang, Temple University
• Yangfan Yao, Peking University (China)
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