Finance Clubs and Activities

• Goizueta Entrepreneurship Club: Focus on entrepreneurship and venture capital for students
• Goizueta Energy Markets Club: Exists to create, satisfy and preserve interests in traditional and sustainable global energy markets and resources
• Goizueta Finance Club: Primary student finance club with events including career panels, interview preparation and finance case competitions
• Goizueta MBA Investment Management Club: Focus on investments and investing. Open to all interested from novices to accomplished investors
• Goizueta Microfinance Club and Fund: Focus on educating and providing career opportunities for MBA students interested in Microfinance and Socially Responsible Investing. The club is also responsible for the administration of the Goizueta Microfinance Fund, which manages investments in developing nations around the world
• Goizueta Real Estate Group: Club for students with interest in real estate development, investing, careers and networking

• SunTrust Finance Case Competition: Run by students in the MBA Finance Club, SunTrust provides challenging cases to first-year MBAs which are judged by faculty members and SunTrust executives. This is one of the first case competition opportunities for incoming first-years.
• Annual Atlanta National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) Competition: 2011 marked Goizueta’s fifth-straight victory for the Atlanta NAIOP case competition. The Challenge provides students with exposure to real world real estate development challenges, meaningful interaction with seasoned industry professionals, and the excitement of intercollegiate academic competition. 
• NextBillion Case Writing Competition: The NextBillion 2011 Case Writing Competition, currently in its second year, recognizes and publishes the best new academic business cases on social enterprise or base-of-the-pyramid topics, with the hope that cases will become course material for MBA students around the world. Goizueta won the competition in 2011, its first year participating
• Goizueta Business School Case Competition: The purpose of this internal competition is to advance students’ knowledge of a particular asset class and provide an opportunity to showcase abilities in a real-world setting. Working in small teams, participants are encouraged to reach out to Goizueta alumni and apply course learnings to deliver a project solution that reflects current market conditions.
• Investing through the Goizueta Investment Management Club: Students have the opportunity to apply techniques and strategies from the curriculum to an actual fund management setting. A contribution of $45,000 from the Dietz Scholarship Fund began the Goizueta Equity Fund in 2000 and, in 2003, this amount was augmented by a $250,000 endowment from the Goizueta Business School.

The Career Management Center hosts a variety of finance-related activities, events and sessions for students to learn more about the field and interact with executives across industries.  These include:

• Private Equity and Investment Management Panels
• Coffee Chats with finance executives
• Women in Investment Banking Networking Event
• “Train the Street” ® sessions on valuation and financial modeling
• Interactive Learning Modules at Goizueta Career Connection (GCC) Conference
• Finance club lunches with alumni and executives
• Numerous Company Presentations
• Alumni Interview Prep Sessions

In addition to these events, the CMC hosts annual fall treks for students to NYC to visit top financial businesses.  Last year’s trip included companies such as Bank of America, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, JP Morgan, RBC and UBS. The trip is considered by many students and alumni to be a pivotal opportunity for them to get hands-on learning about the many firms and corporations in finance and to interact with key executives in the field.  Goizueta alums often host the student sessions and share their experiences obtaining a career in finance.

Connecting students to alumni in finance is a critical part of our efforts to help individuals identify and achieve career goals.  Our Alumni Relations team manages more than 10 alumni groups -- affinity groups -- including Goizueta Alumni in Corporate Finance, the Goizueta Entrepreneurship Network and Goizueta Alumni in Real Estate Group.  There are also numerous alumni activities with the Center for Alternative Investments as well as finance student clubs.