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XAVERIAN CAPITAL: SCHWARTZ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDENT SOCIETY HIRED AS INTERNAL INVESTMENT MANAGER FOR STFX
Xaverian Capital co-presidents Daniel Brohman and Jay McKenna Managing real funds on behalf of a client. That’s what a group of students in StFX’s Gerald Schwartz School of Business will be doing this year. Of note, the client is their university. StFX’s Board of Governors has approved and hired Xaverian Capital, a Schwartz School student society, as an internal investment management team to manage $500,000 of the university’s endowment funds. It’s an unmatched opportunity, and Schwartz School of Business Dean Dr. Tim Hynes ’84 says he could not be more pleased the university’s Board of Governors hired the Schwartz School students to serve as one of their Endowment Fund investment managers. “This shows the board’s confidence in the abilities of our students and their support for our efforts to provide Schwartz School students with the most tangible, real-world experiential learning opportunities. This will not only enhance the educational opportunities for our students who hope to move on to careers in the financial markets and banking sectors, but it will give them a real leg up in launching those careers.” Daniel Brohman and Jay McKenna are co-presidents of Xaverian Capital, which also includes Connor MacEachern, Dominic Young, Erik Usher, Jacob Nobbe, Joseph Robinson, Josh Foster, Luke Geiger, Nick Coyles, Sam Lacey, Emily Hall, Sophie Sharp, and Zolo Osorjamaa.
STFX STUDENT TO INTERN AT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Audra Jander
StFX student Audra Jander has been offered an internship at the International Criminal Court (ICC), headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands. The ICC investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. Ms. Jander, of Georgetown ON, is currently in her fourth year and is completing a BA in political science with a minor in chemistry. The internship is for six months, December through June, and she will relocate to The Hague for that duration. Through her role, she will work alongside different departments and help organize meetings, collect information for presentations and other duties. “The ICC is an organization that I have always hoped to work for so this opportunity will hopefully provide me with networking connections and the chance to experience what my future may potentially be like,” says Ms. Jander, the second StFX student to intern at the ICC. The first, Sarah Jackson, wrote an honours thesis on the ICC and pursued a law degree. “The fact that a small university like ours has two students at the ICC is quite remarkable. I am told we are the only university in Canada in this situation,” says political science professor Dr. Lavinia Stan who taught both students in her Human Rights and International Justice class. StFX ALUMNINEWS l DECEMBER 2020
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