Committee - College Connections
Mission
To provide participants with the tools necessary to execute a successful job search for a full-time career upon graduation from college.
Started over 36 years ago, the Wall Street Exchange (WSE) has presented to hundreds of students the soft skills that complement their academic careers in preparation for joining the workforce.
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Committee Objectives
The College Connections Committee coordinates the Wall Street Exchange ("WSE"), a program designed to augment the summer internship work experience of select qualified students who are between their junior and senior years of college and who are employed in the New York metropolitan area. WSE provides an exciting opportunity for participants to enhance job search skills while learning to think strategically about career choices.
 The program additionally emphasizes the important role a professional network serves in career development. We highlight networking skills and provide opportunities for students to build a professional network through access to dedicated FWA professionals and WSE's sponsoring firms.
Our committee's objectives enhancing the scope of our corporate event sponsors' engagement with the WSE program and continual efforts to strengthen event content, exploring how innovation and technology are shaping career paths in finance. We also participate in FWA meetings designed to develop synergies among the organization's next generation programs. Continuing objectives of the College Connections Committee include: fostering corporate event sponsorship, expanding awareness of the WSE program among internships not currently represented, recruiting top candidates, establishing alliances with local business school programs, and fostering an "Alumni Network" of WSE graduates who are
engaged with FWA.
The success of the College Connections committee is dependent on the invaluable support of our corporate sponsors, our alliances with local business school programs, our ability to recruit top candidates to the program from colleges across the United States, and the vital participation of the FWA members.
Committee Responsibilities
Wall Street Exchange would not be possible without the involvement of our committee members.
In preparation for the program, committee members:
- Coordinate sponsorships and event hosts
- Provide input into program format and topics
- Market the program to schools and internship programs
- Interview applicants and select program participants.
During the program, committee members:
- Attend program events, providing on-site logistical support
- Network with program participants and sponsoring organizations
- Provide informal mentoring to program participants.
Meeting Schedule
The committee meets regularly from February through the start of the program in June to coordinate sponsorships, marketing, interviews and participant offers.
Message from the Co-Chairs
Wall Street Exchange 2013 - Get Involved and Influence the Future!
Who has helped you throughout your career? Certainly, each of us can identify at least one individual who has influenced her future. Perhaps it's time for you to be that influential person for someone else by joining the College Connections Committee and helping plan Wall Street Exchange 2013.
We encourage you to become part of this year's Wall Street Exchange program by attending our once-weekly Summer events. Whether you attend all nine events or only one, you will have an impact. This is a wonderful opportunity to give back by helping students develop the tools they need to launch their careers and pursue a path to success. Along the way, you'll have the chance to visit leading Wall Street firms and meet other established industry professionals.
In 2013, the FWA College Connection/ WSE Committee members are: Catherine Bartucci, Jennifer Bergenfield, Mary Bitting, Carrie Bowers, Jane Giaquinto, Susan Janowski, Alison Lemieux, Linda Ma, Meghan Murnane, Michael Perrier , Mariya Skylar, and Co-chairs Gerri Facchine and Laura Smith Dunaief. There is still time to help with this summer's WSE Program as an event volunteer or as a committee member. Please, feel free to contact WSE Co-chairs Gerri Facchine and Laura Smith Dunaief with any questions or to express your interest in being part of this summer's WSE program. |
2012 Program Highlights
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WSE included nine events over a nine-week period |
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Graduated 28 students from 21 schools participating in internships with 20 NYC area employers |
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College marketing and recruiting efforts expanded; targeted undergraduate career offices nationally. |
Success Stories
View FWA President and WSE participant Susan Harper's praise for the 2011 WSE program... and what former participants are saying about the program.
Special Thanks for WSE 2012
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Special thanks to our Sponsors, Speakers, and College Connections/WSE Committee Members for their generosity, energy/enthusiasm, and expertise. |
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Thank you to FWA members who shared their knowledge and taught the WSE participants the value of professional networking. |
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Thanks to the FWA Office team for coordinating the application process and working closely with the College Connections Committee. |
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