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Business student wins scholarship
Jennifer Cork For The Red & Black
Issue date: 3/28/07 Section: News
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One University student recently was informed his pocketbook would be a little heavier this academic year.
Greg Cohen, a senior from Alpharetta in the Terry College of Business, is the recipient of a Foundation for Agency Management Excellence Scholarship. The $5,000 need-based scholarship was awarded by The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.
To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be majors in either risk management or insurance and maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average.
Cohen, an insurance major, was nominated for the scholarship by his adviser and was notified in August that he'd won.
"I think it's tremendous," said Kathy Wilson, Cohen's adviser. "He worked hard, and he deserves it."
Cohen isn't the first in his family to go into the field.
"I have an older brother and an older sister in insurance, and they really got me interested," Cohen said.
Cohen, a member of the Insurance Society and Gamma Iota Sigma, had an internship with Caterpillar Insurance this summer. He also works on campus at the Faculty Affairs office, and is a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He is expected to graduate in May, and he already has a good idea of what he'd like to do with his degree.
"I'd probably want to go into commercial insurance brokering," he said, noting he also has plans to stay close. "I'd like to work in Atlanta," Cohen said. "Most insurance companies are based on the East Coast. I'd like to stay in the Southeast."
One of the biggest challenges facing the insurance industry lately has been recruiting young people to the field, said Cheryl Arvidson, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications for The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.
The FAME Board of Directors felt it was necessary to address this issue and created the scholarship to encourage young people to take up risk management and insurance and to provide funding for them.
This is the first year the FAME scholarship has been given, and four students from nationally respected business schools received the scholarship.
The scholarship program is expected to grow and expand within the next few years.
"We're hoping to increase the number of students and schools," Arvidson said.
Wilson said she will continue to nominate students as the scholarship grows in years to come.
"That's one of the beauties of these organizations coming to us," she said. "We're very happy to participate."
Wilson says the risk management and insurance department receives information on several scholarships over the semester. She encourages new majors and others interested in similar scholarships to really get to know their advisers and professors now and to let them know you're interested in being nominated for scholarships.
Cohen said he will spend the money on "normal college expenses."
Greg Cohen, a senior from Alpharetta in the Terry College of Business, is the recipient of a Foundation for Agency Management Excellence Scholarship. The $5,000 need-based scholarship was awarded by The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.
To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be majors in either risk management or insurance and maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average.
Cohen, an insurance major, was nominated for the scholarship by his adviser and was notified in August that he'd won.
"I think it's tremendous," said Kathy Wilson, Cohen's adviser. "He worked hard, and he deserves it."
Cohen isn't the first in his family to go into the field.
"I have an older brother and an older sister in insurance, and they really got me interested," Cohen said.
Cohen, a member of the Insurance Society and Gamma Iota Sigma, had an internship with Caterpillar Insurance this summer. He also works on campus at the Faculty Affairs office, and is a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He is expected to graduate in May, and he already has a good idea of what he'd like to do with his degree.
"I'd probably want to go into commercial insurance brokering," he said, noting he also has plans to stay close. "I'd like to work in Atlanta," Cohen said. "Most insurance companies are based on the East Coast. I'd like to stay in the Southeast."
One of the biggest challenges facing the insurance industry lately has been recruiting young people to the field, said Cheryl Arvidson, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications for The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.
The FAME Board of Directors felt it was necessary to address this issue and created the scholarship to encourage young people to take up risk management and insurance and to provide funding for them.
This is the first year the FAME scholarship has been given, and four students from nationally respected business schools received the scholarship.
The scholarship program is expected to grow and expand within the next few years.
"We're hoping to increase the number of students and schools," Arvidson said.
Wilson said she will continue to nominate students as the scholarship grows in years to come.
"That's one of the beauties of these organizations coming to us," she said. "We're very happy to participate."
Wilson says the risk management and insurance department receives information on several scholarships over the semester. She encourages new majors and others interested in similar scholarships to really get to know their advisers and professors now and to let them know you're interested in being nominated for scholarships.
Cohen said he will spend the money on "normal college expenses."
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