TWO BENEDETTI SCHOLARS REPRESENT THE RMI DEPARTMENT AT THIS YEAR'S RIMS CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO

Congratularions to RMI students Brianna Faulk (BBA-RMI) and Samit Shrivastava (MBA-RMI) who were selected to participate in the Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program at the RIMS 2009 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Orlando on April 19-23. The RIMS Student Involvement Committee receives hundreds of applications from qualified students every year. It is a great testament to the high quality of Georgia State University students, to have two of them representing the RMI program at this year’s conference.

The RIMS Student Involvement Program was initiated as a pilot program at the 1978 Annual Conference in New Orleans. Due to the overwhelming success of this project, a standing committee was created, and the program has become a permanent part of the RIMS Annual Conference. In 1997, the name was changed to the Anita Benedetti Student Involvement Program to honor the late Anita Benedetti, former Deputy Executive Director of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) and President of the Spencer Educational Foundation, Inc.

In addition to the Benedetti scholars, six graduate and undergraduate RMI students will attend the conference at the department’s expense.

from left to right: William Feldhaus, Associate Professor of RMI and Undergraduate Student Advisor; Brianna Faulk (BBA-RMI), 2009 Anita Benedetti Scholar; Richard Phillips, RMI Department Chair and Bruce A. Palmer Professor of Risk Management and Insurance; and Samit Shrivastava (MBA-RMI), 2009 Anita Benedetti Scholar.