Finance Practicum
Need some more experience on your resume? The MSF Practicum is your opportunity to work as a member of a 4-5 person team on a short-term finance consulting project at a sponsoring corporation for a semester long project during the Fall semester (for students in their third and final semester). The projects are structured so that a finished product is delivered to the sponsor at the end of the Practicum. Each student team is assigned a faculty mentor on campus as a resource and backup support.
The practicum is a win-win program. You gain valuable experience and have an opportunity to significantly impact a company. Corporate partners see the practicum project as an opportunity to use talented, external manpower to tackle a project that requires specialized insight or tools. They also use the practicum as a chance to see your work on the job as a potential future employee.
Past Participants
We’ve worked with a number of companies to provide valuable insight to corporate projects:
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Andes Capital
- AON Corporation
- Axis Reinsurance
- Brown, Gibbons, Lang & Co.
- Busey Bank
- CNA Surety
- Cozad Asset Management
- DHC Capital Management
- Duff & Phelps, LLC
- Eco Craps
- Edward Jones
- Equity International
- Geral Auto Group
- GLE L.L.C.
- Guy Carpenter
- Illinois Holocaust Museum
- John Deere & Company
- Lake Capital
- Latin School of Chicago
- Lockton Companies
- Marsh
- Mobile Mni
- Motorola
- PLITEK
- Renewable Energy
- Sam’s Club
- Servant Financial
- Sterling Weath Managment
- Stifel Nicolaus
- Strategic Weath Partners
- The Surety and Fidelity Association of America (SFAA)
- Traeger Grills
- University of Illinois Capitcal Financing
- University of Illinois Foundation
- Walgreen
- Wayne Hummer
