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Date for 2013 9th Annual Insurance Public Policy Summit Announced

The prestigious 9th Annual Insurance Public Policy Summit will take place in Washington D.C. on March 20, 2013. For more details of this event please see our Summit page. If you would like to register then please go to our Registration page.

Keynote Speaker for the 2013 Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Conference Announced

The keynote speaker for the 2013 Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Conference organized by Networks scholars and to be held on April 3, 2013 has been announced as Paul Fiorelli who is the co-director of the Cintas Institute for Business Ethics at Xavier University. You can read more about Professor Fiorelli on the Cintas Institute website. For more information on the conference see http://indstate.edu/ethics/

New Working Paper

A new Working Paper, "The Pronounced Impact of Macroeconomic Stress on the Financial Sector: Implications for Real Sector Growth" by M. Kabir Hassan & William J. Hippler, III is now available from our Working Paper page.

Ben Franklin visits Terre Haute Children’s Museum

A white beard, tri-corner hat and ruffled collar underneath a blue jacket isn't the typical attire for Indiana State University junior Stephen Borkowski. But the clothing, reminiscent of 18th century America, set the young man apart last weekend as a famous Founding Father.

Go Figure - Terre Haute Children's Museum

Dressed as Benjamin Franklin, Borkowski was one of the stars of the Terre Haute Children Museum's Ben Franklin Birthday Bash. The event served as a preview day for Go Figure's "Focus on Fitness" series, a four-week, hands-on math encouragement program aimed at third through fifth graders.

15 ISU volunteers, including those from ISU's department of kinesiology, recreation and sport management, the Networks Scholars program, the ISU nursing program and the Arnold Air Society at ISU helped make the event possible. >>Read More<<

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Networks Financial Institute (NFI) at Indiana State University was founded in 2003 with the help of a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., an Indianapolis-based, private philanthropic foundation. NFI strives to facilitate broad, collaborative thinking, dialogue and progress in the evolving financial services marketplace through student programs, financial literacy programs and thought leadership.

NFI exists to facilitate broad, collaborative thinking, dialogue and progress in the evolving financial services marketplace through three targeted initiatives:

The Networks Scholars program is intended to develop tomorrow's hardworking, dedicated, knowledgeable, and inquisitive scholars into financial industry professionals. The program is a four-year scholarship for qualified freshmen accepted to Indiana State University, who choose to pursue a career in the financial services industry. More about the Networks Scholarship program.