Announcements

Mentoring Applications Due Tomorrow, September 19!

October 31, 2012
Speakers Dana Ramundt and Susan Voss
S401 PBB, 5:30 PM
You are invited to hear Dana Ramundt and Susan Voss speak. This is an important opportunity. Dana owns The Dana Company, an insurance agency in West Des Moines, and he was instrumental in the establishment of the RMI Certificate program. Susan is the Iowa Insurance Commissioner with the Iowa Insurance Division, and she will retire at the end of the year. You won't want to miss this opportunity to learn from these experts.

September 20, 2012
Career Fair
Many RMI Employers will be attending the Career Fair. Please introduce yourself as a Risk Management and Insurance Certificate student when talking with employers at the Career Fair.

Also, don't limit yourself to insurance and benefit companies. Every company needs financial employees who understand risk and insurance. If a company has an internship program in their finance department, the RMI Certificate is a way to distinguish yourself from others who are seeking Finance or Accounting Internships.

In addition to insurance companies and brokers like AEGON, AVIVA, The Principal, Grinnell Mutual, United Fire Group, Liberty Mutual, EMC, Nationwide, Millhiser Smith, Westfield Insurance, Bituminous, Holmes Murphy, Sentry, Cottingham & Butler, and Arthur J. Gallagher (to name a few), our students have taken internships and jobs with such diverse companies as FactSet Research Group, General Mills, Great America Leasing, Stryker, HNI Corporation, John Deere, AIG, Kohler, Pepsico,and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. New RMI partners/contacts include Rockwell Collins and UnitedHealth Group.

Please check out the career websites of all of these companies and learn a little about their operations before approaching them at the Career Fair.

October 19, 2012
Network with Young RMI Alumni
Join recent graduates of the Vaughan Institute on Friday, October 19 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in S401 PBB. The graduates are forming a young alumni board and the board consists of individuals from many different careers who have taken positions in various locations across the country including: Chicago, New York City, Omaha, and Des Moines. This is your chance to find out about their careers and get to know alumni who can offer you support and advice. Contact Erin Wonsmos for more information.

Industry News

Allianz Life
Allianz Life will attend the Career Fair. You can apply for their openings through HireAHawk or directly on their Careers website. If you apply, please let me know and I will flag your application with the recruiter.

Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
Omaha, NE
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies will be attending the Career Fair. Stop by their booth and introduce yourself to Karyn Droessler. Karyn graduated with her RMI certificate a few years ago and she is currently serving on the Vaughan Institute's Young Alumni Board. The company will be hiring 10-15 students for summer 2013. Visit their careers website....

Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids
Accounting and Finance Internships, Summer 2013
Apply before September 24 through HireAHawk
Rockwell Collins will interview on Campus October 2 for Finance and Accounting Interns for Summer 2013. Submit your application through HireAHawk and stop by to meet with the recruiters during the Career Fair. If you have a GPA of 3.2 or better and good communication and analytical thinking skills, this may be the internship for you. Learn more....

McGladrey
If you are interested becoming a Risk Advisory Consulting Associate or Intern with McGladrey, take your resume to the career fair and give it to Cara Oldham. Both positions will begin summer 2013. Resumes are due September 20th, and they will be back on campus September 27 to interview.

Grinnell Mutual, Grinnell, Iowa (near Des Moines)
21 Open Positions
Grinnell Mutual, Grinnell, Iowa, has 21 open positions in Underwriting, Business Analyst, and Claims. Learn more....

Gamma Iota Sigma

September 30, 2012
Nate Stoffregen, Associate Vice President, Branch Manager
Morgan Stanley, Davenport
6:00 PM S181 PBB
The GIS speaker on September 30 will be Nate Stoffregen from Morgan Stanley He will talk about what he does on a daily basis, investment career paths, skills of a Financial Advisory, credentials needed and the attributes they look for in potential applicants. Please attend.

Join GIS
Recruitment is an ongoing process at GIS and the organizations best tool has been word of mouth. Let your friends know GIS and what it is about as a student organization. Join now to make certain your name is on the mailing list for the golf outing. Email Justin Kolka for more information.

GIS Meetings
Hold the following dates for GIS meetings:

• September 30, S181 PBB, 6:00 p.m.
• October 7, S181 PBB, 6:00 p.m.
  Speaker Bob Verhille, TrueNorth Companies
• October 28, S181 PBB, 6:00 p.m.
• November 4, S181 PBB, 6:00 p.m.
• November 11, S181 PBB, 6:00 p.m.
  Speaker Bill Wallace
• December 2, S181 PBB, 6:00 p.m., Officer Elections

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