Gerard S. Cassidy Capital Markets Training Lab
Gerard Cassidy ’80, an alumni of the Maine Business School, provided the means to create a state-of-the-art financial education lab for students to utilize. This lab has become indispensable to SPIFFY members, who are able to learn how to use the terminals and gather detailed and broad security and market information. Students are also able to become Bloomberg Certified after completing the Bloomberg Market Concepts training, making them appealing candidates for financial employment. The Capital Markets Training Lab is located in DPC 113.
“I hope that this new laboratory will bring a Wall Street environment to UMaine students and that they might benefit from exposure to a part of the business world they might not otherwise experience.” – Gerard Cassidy.
“[The lab] will help us teach business at a truly world-class level and demonstrates our commitment to revitalizing the state.” – Ivan Manev
"Bloomberg is the premier financial data hub open to everybody at UMaine. It is a high-end product for any financial research that not only SPIFFY members cherish on campus." – Sebastian Lobe