The Tobin College of Business-SRM-2006 Spencer Scholars

The School of Risk Management (SRM) within The Tobin College of Business (TCB) ranked first in the nation in the number of Spencer Scholarships awarded to graduate students studying risk and insurance. Other distinguished programs in risk and insurance whose students also received recognition at the graduate level included the University of Wisconsin at Madison, which had the second largest number of graduate scholars, Temple University and Georgia State. Two SRM undergraduate students were also recognized by The Spencer Educational Foundation for excellence. 

Since 1980, the Spencer Foundation has supported students within the risk management profession through scholarship programs that recognize academic excellence as well as through educational programming. During those years, over $2.7 million in scholarships and grants have been awarded to risk management students in 62 colleges and universities throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This was the strongest showing ever among the ranks of Spencer Scholars for TCB students.

Alea S. Mohammed and Keone A. Wilkie, both undergraduates of The Tobin College, received $5000 each in scholarship awards in 2006. In the Master’s category, Wei Chen, Xiaoling Qin, Jianren Xu, and Weijing Zeng were each awarded $10,000.

Selection for the scholarship awards were based on students who have excelled in academics and who have shown potential to become future leaders within the risk management discipline.