MSM-Finance Student Experience at Weatherhead School of Management

Team takes second place in sixth annual ACG Cup

Students presented M&A and strategic financial advice to a panel of mock "management and board of directors of the subject company."

Ruofan Yu

Inducted into the Bloomberg Institute Hall of Fame as a top-five performer in all of the Americas

Naiwen Zhang

Earned 1^st place in the CFA Institute Equity Research Challenge, Cleveland

Yujing Fan, Sun Hengshi, Yumeng Tang, Yujing Zhang

2014 3^rd place team in Cleveland Division ACG Competition

Nawien Zhang

Member of the 1^st place team in National Society of Hispanic MBAs case competition

Yuan Li

Li's stock trading simulation on howthemarketworks.com ranked 12th among 400+

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With its innovative program design, world-class faculty, and unique curriculum, the Weatherhead MSM-Finance program is an academically rich experience. Supplement that with living in one of the most concentrated areas of arts and culture in the world, and you get the makings of one of the most fulfilling and exciting seasons of your life.

Why Cleveland to Study Finance?

Weatherhead is nestled in the heart of Cleveland and its arts and cultural district—University Circle. University Circle boasts 15 museums and cultural institutions like the world-famous Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Museum of Art, four medical centers including the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, 10 religious organizations, more than 30 restaurants, and a total of eight education centers.

Weatherhead is also within walking distance of the city’s “new downtown” called Uptown, which includes a specialty market, a local ice cream shop, pubs, the campus bookstore, the city’s new Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and casual to fine dining restaurant options.

With so much going on in Cleveland and on campus, you’ll never lack for something to do. Take a moment to check out what draws our students to Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland, Ohio.

2,250,871	Population of Greater Cleveland
21,000+	Acres for outdoor recreation in Cleveland Metroparks
312	Miles of Lake Erie's Ohio shoreline
117+	Cultural and arts organizations
16^th	Most walkable of the fifty largest U.S. cities
10	Fortune 500 companies located in Northeast Ohio
7	Cleveland chefs and eateries featured on the Food Network
3^rd	Fashion Week Cleveland is the biggest in the U.S. after New York and Los Angeles
2^nd	Playhouse Square Center is the largest in the U.S. after New York's Lincoln Center
2	Annual film festivals in Cleveland

Access the following websites to learn more about Cleveland:

Life at Weatherhead Blog

Prepare For Job Interview Success with Weatherhead's CMO

Kate Banahan, associate director of career and employer development for Weatherhead's Career Management Office (CMO), sat down with Mark Sawaya, first-year MBA student who secured an internship offer with McKinsey & Co. for summer 2015. Mark discussed with Kate what helped him prepare for a successful interview process. Mark Sawaya, first-year MBA student What did you do to ensure you were

Published 02/20/2015

Student Testimonials

“Every person at Weatherhead goes above and beyond for student success. The curriculum demonstrated how finance concepts apply to real companies and real problems. We were encouraged to build our personal databases by picking the brains of the very experienced professors in the classroom. This exposure has been extremely important to my success outside of the classroom.” — Adil Haider, MSM-Finance '14

“The thing I love the most about our program is that it helps define myself. With the faculty and alumni resources, I'm well equipped with useful skills, powerful network, and a better vision of where I can be and who I want to be in the coming years.” — Yixing Zhou, MSM-Finance '14

“The best thing about being at Weatherhead is that I have the opportunity to explore unknown and uncertain things all the time. There is a large community of engaging and successful alumni at Weatherhead, all you have to do is show up and talk with them. Those that I have talked with said that many of the skills they learned in the program they used to build their careers.” — Stella Li, MBA/MSM-Finance '13

“It was wonderful to meet a group of talented peers and fantastic professors. I gained cutting-edge finance knowledge -- finance principles and their applications in the corporations, capital markets, investments and risk management. I call upon how the program plays an important role in my ability to think critically, to be professional, to work in teams and to network. My degree gave me the confidence in my career and in the challenging yet exciting financial world.” — Ming Ju MSM-Finance '12, doctoral candidate, Temple University

“I found a lot of beneficial things about the MSM-Finance program. For example, the broad range of courses offered can be easily tailored to fit your career objective and the openness to connect faculty and industry professionals. For example, I worked with Professor Krishnan on a research project, I met several accomplished industry experts in Professor Fine’s capstone course and Professor Goldberg’s speaker series. All of these things helped me become a finance researcher.” — Mo Shen, MSM-Finance '12, finance doctoral candidate, Georgia State University, Atlanta

GBSA and Student Clubs

The Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) along with other student clubs provide opportunities for professional development, local community service activities, engagement with employers, and social gatherings such as cultural dinners, happy hours and wine tastings with sommeliers.

Incoming students can run for a GBSA leadership position or join, revive or start a new student club with the assistance of the Weatherhead Student Experience Office. Here's a list of the student clubs:

Adventure Club

Design for America

Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club)

Finance and Investment Club

Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)

Health System Management and Bioscience Club

Leadership and Organizational Behavior Club

Marketing and Strategy Club

Multicultural Club

Net Impact Club

Operations Club

Sports Management Club

Tie Youth (Immigrant Entrepreneur's Club)

Weatherhead Consulting Club

Weatherhead Wine Society

Weatherhead Women in Business

The diversity of our student body enriches the Weatherhead experience with different perspectives. In addition to Weatherhead Women in Business and the Multicultural Club, student groups that support diversity include local chapters of the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) and the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA).