Smart Women Securities - Carnegie Mellon is excited to initiate its soft-launch in the Spring Semester of 2012.
Directed towards educating women in investment and personal finance, SWS strives to create a supportive environment for students who are enthusiastic about fortifying their skills. SWS aims to "empower a new generation of investors" through instructive seminars, mentoring initiatives, and conferences with Warren Buffett. This year, SWS Carnegie Mellon has partnered with women (both interns and ful
12/16/2013
Fun read.
5 Awesome Women Who Made It Big In "Men's" Fields We don't like to label professions as "men's" or "women's." They're not clothing departments, after all — they're careers. And, in our opinion, both deserve some crossover. Yet, somewhere down the line, careers in technical- and mathematics-based fields became a bit of a boys' club. And, while the
Hey everyone! Did you know? Mary Barra was appointed GM's new CEO!
Uh oh?
11/22/2013
Did you know?
Nearly half of U.S. colleges no longer generate enough tuition revenue to keep pace with inflation:
http://on.wsj.com/1iBH1F7
Why Are Colleges Seeing Anemic Tuition Growth? There are more hard times ahead for a growing segment of the nation’s colleges, which are enduring the first significant and prolonged drop in the number of high school graduates in decades.
Thanks to all the women who came out to our late night event!
11/21/2013
Cool news for women!
India Inaugurates First Women’s-Only Bank Indian prime minister inaugurated the “Bharatiya Mahila Bank” or Indian Women's Bank, the country’s first women-oriented bank aimed at providing loans and financial services to women.
We are excited for tomorrow's dinner at The Porch! Looking forward to seeing all of you for some late night.
Bitcoin news!
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/cody/2013/11/20/some-bitcoin-trading-and-investing-strategies-as-prices-swing/
Some bitcoin trading and investing strategies as prices swing There's no major exchange like a normal currency and/or a stock or bond would trade on for $BITCOIN (yet), so it's going to be wildly volatile for a long time, I would expect, even if it does end up becoming a de facto alternative currency.
11/19/2013
Why the world needs women entrepreneurs Women’s empowerment will be front and centre in 2014 as more companies, communities and countries invest in women’s entrepreneurship. Increasingly, they...
NO SEMINAR TODAY-- sorry for the late notice! There will be one next week though :) Enjoy your thursday today!
First seminar TODAY in Wean 5320 at 4:30pm! Can't wait to see you all!