News Release

Finance Club’s investments to assist deserving students

May 16, 2008

Members of Penn State Harrisburg’s student Finance Club will soon gain real–world experience in investments while raising funds to support deserving students.

The generosity of friends and alumni of the School of Business Administration has resulted to this point in a fund of $5,000 which the Finance Club members will use to invest in the stock market with profits supporting an annual award presented to an undergraduate student majoring in Finance.

The most recent donations have come from 1986 graduate Ron Bittner, senior pension compliance officer with Trollinger Consulting Group in Allentown, and jointly from M&T Bank and William Oakland, formerly affiliated with the Central Pennsylvania Corporate Relations Society.

Assistant Professor of Finance Patrick Cusatis, the club’s faculty adviser, said "the fund will be used to build an investment portfolio, providing invaluable insight into investing for the club members while assisting deserving fellow students at the same time."