KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 7, 2018 \u2014 When Alexander Gershkoff arrived on the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus, he said \u201cit just felt like home.\u201d The senior finance major knew immediately upon touring the school that he wanted to stay here. More than that, he wanted others to get that same feeling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI became a tour guide so that I could show incoming and prospective students why this is such a great place to live and learn,\u201d Gershkoff said. \u201cIt makes me proud to show people what 溏心vlog免费B站 has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though it was his first time living apart from his twin sister Julia, who chose to attend college in upstate New York, Gershkoff quickly found his place at 溏心vlog免费B站. While many students choose to live off-campus for the majority of their academic career, Gershkoff lived on campus for three of his four years. In addition to the shorter commute, Gershkoff said he preferred living on campus because it gave him better access to the library, where he does his best studying.<\/p>\n
Spending countless hours in the library paid off for Gershkoff, who made Dean\u2019s List and the Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society. He was also part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Honors Program.<\/p>\n
Though the North Kingstown native decided to attend college close to home, he\u2019s not exactly a homebody. Gershkoff took advantage of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s study abroad and Alternative Spring Break programs to see other parts of the world.<\/p>\n
Rather than spending Spring Break partying in Cancun in 2016, Gershkoff traveled to Birmingham, Ala., where he participated with Habitat for Humanity to construct affordable housing as part of the Honors Program.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was taking a class on diversity and poverty, so we went to Birmingham and really saw it first-hand,\u201d Gershkoff said. \u201cIt was surreal to be able to make an impact on a place that needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n
During his study abroad semester in 2017, Gershkoff traveled to 10 countries and 25 cities in Europe while studying at Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mostly used the time to get some general education credits studying art, but I also got to study multinational finance,\u201d he said. \u201cI got to see in person how exchange rates and monetary issues affect economics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through his course studies, Gershkoff has found himself leaning toward a career in personal finance, influenced in part by his participation in the Ram Fund, a class in the College of Business in which students develop and implement a prudent long-term investment strategy for an endowment of $100,000 provided by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Alumni Association.<\/p>\n
Gershkoff was part of the class that purchased stock in Avexis, a clinical-stage gene therapy biotech company, which was later bought by Novartis, a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company. The $8.7 billion deal sent Avexis stock price soaring to $220 from $128, a massive score for the student-run portfolio.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a Ram Fund analyst and that was a great gain for us,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s something that interests me now because that was probably the best class I took.\u201d<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t just the great experiences that helped shape Gershkoff\u2019s outlook. A sophomore-year internship had as much to do with guiding him toward the future as the Ram Fund. Gershkoff interned at Northwestern Mutual, where he served as a financial representative. He earned licenses to sell health and life insurance and helped clients find policies to suit their needs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was more on the selling side, and I found out that wasn\u2019t my favorite,\u201d Gershkoff said. \u201cBut the internship was incredibly valuable because I learned what I don\u2019t want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gershkoff still hasn\u2019t pinpointed what he\u2019d like to do in his post-graduate career, but for now, he knows he still wants to learn. He\u2019ll be pursuing his master of business administration in the One-Year MBA in Strategic Innovation program at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein College of Education and Professional studies on the Providence Campus beginning in the fall.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited about the MBA program and doing a capstone project,\u201d he said. \u201cI enjoy learning, so I\u2019m going to keep doing that for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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