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Olympic risk manager Jessica Mechtly showcases career at Gamma Iota Sigma speaker series

Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS), the student professional organization for the Risk, Insurance and Health Management (RIHM) major at the Fox School of Business, has had to innovate over the past year. Similar to most in-person meetings, conferences and events, the student professional organization (SPO) had to transition its H. Wayne Snider Distinguished Lecture Series to […]

Lemons to Lemonade showcases Fox students’ grit during pandemic

In the current state of the world, it’s been tough for everyone to find comfort in trying to remember that they are not alone. It’s been even tougher to find motivation to make the most out of the situation. A student professional organization at the Fox School of Business has sought to help students make […]

Annual RIHM golf tournament raises $30,000 for department and Gamma Iota Sigma

Over $30,000 was raised this fall at the 18th Annual Risk, Insurance and Health Management (RIHM) Alumni & Friends Golf Outing organized by the RIHM Department and its student professional organization, Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS). More than 100 alumni and friends of the program participated in the socially-distanced event at the North Hills Country Club […]

Fox School to host OWLympiad math competition for area high school students

The Fox School of Business will welcome nearly 250 juniors from Philadelphia-area high schools to Temple University for the 7th annual OWLympiad math competition, to be held May 9 at the Howard Gittis Student Center. Free to attend, OWLympiad offers cash prizes for 11th-graders who are exploring career possibilities in the actuarial science field. Actuaries […]

Fox School’s Sigma Chapter hosts financial literacy seminar for area high school students

It’s not what you make. It’s what you save. That’s what Michael McCloskey said, as he asked for a student volunteer to share details of his personal finances. At that moment, a hand shot into the air. The area high school student divulged to McCloskey how much money he earns each month by working his […]

26th Annual Awards for Excellence Honors Young Alums and Grads for Achievements in Risk Management and Insurance

Fox School of Business alumni , faculty and students and industry professionals flocked to the Hyatt at the Bellevue Hotel Tuesday, April 22, to celebrate and honor students past and present for the 26th Annual Awards for Excellence Dinner. Co-hosted by the Department of Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management and the Sigma chapter of Gamma […]