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March 2015

Gao Appointed Coffey Professor of Insurance Studies

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Dr. Siwei Gao has been appointed to the Thomas and Rebecca Coffey Endowed Professorship in Insurance Studies at Eastern Kentucky University.

Risk Management and Insurance Major Featured in Bloomberg BusinessWeek

2014 EKU Homecoming King Jonny Blount and Queen Krissie Hogan

With approximately half of its workforce nearing retirement age in the next decade, the insurance industry is anticipating at least 500,000 job openings by 2022.

Now, the challenge is to attract millennials into a career field that has been portrayed, unfairly perhaps, as a little dull.

Cincinnati Insurance Offers EKU Students Incredible Opportunity

Cincinnati Insurance representatives in the RMi classroom

On March 12, Cincinnati Insurance offered students the chance to join a Q&A session and enjoy some pizza. Interested students were seeking either employment after graduation or an internship opportunity.

Internships were available in the following areas:

Pizza and Primerica at EKU

Anthony Rudd presents for Primerica

On Wednesday, March 4, a “Pizza and Primerica” event was held in the Business and Technology Center.  This event was established for the purpose of introducing School of Business students to Primerica, a financial services company.

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