Education is the best provision for old age.
-Aristotle
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
-Mark Twain
If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
-Vince Lombardi
AIM Class of 2015
-Aristotle
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
-Mark Twain
If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
-Vince Lombardi
AIM Class of 2015
The AIM Class of 2015 will always be a special one --- it was the ‘bubble’ class and it also had 10 international students. Two years ago a record number of 67 students applied to the program and on Sunday more than 40 AIM students participated in Marquette University’s graduation ceremonies (with several others scheduled to graduate in August or December). This group of students is the tenth class to graduate from the AIM program; a significant milestone.
By all measures this has been another successful year. The students in the AIM Class of 2015 had meaningful internship experiences and they soon will be starting their careers at various financial firms across the globe. Also, many of them are busy preparing to take the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Level I exam on the first Saturday in June. Like all of the other AIM classes before them, I know they will do well – and I have truly enjoyed working with them.
The students in the Class of 2015 inherited three investment portfolios: the small cap domestic equity; international equity; and fixed income fund. These students worked hard and generated good results in the three funds they managed. The students encountered unique challenges as the financial markets continued to rebound from the Great Recession – with the international stocks especially tricky to manage during the past year. Nevertheless, they maintained their composure and managed the AIM Funds as true professionals.
As always, it has been a rewarding year for me working with the students in the AIM program. In addition to being intellectually curious and hardworking, the Class of 2015 was deeply committed to the responsibilities associated with administering the student-managed funds. Despite the ongoing uncertainty of the global investment climate, we are confident that the AIM Funds will continue to provide invaluable opportunities for learning as students in future classes apply their hand to managing a portion of Marquette’s endowment funds.
Marquette University Commencement 2015
Congratulations to the students who graduated at Marquette's Commencement on Sunday, May 17, 2015. We wish not only to recognize the achievements of our graduates, but also to acknowledge parents and others for their cooperation and support.This was a highly talented group of students who worked hard right up until the end of their senior year. While some of these students received significant honors and awards, all of them are special and have unique talents. They worked exceedingly hard during the past two years since they were admitted to the AIM program and we wish them all best of luck.
The following table contains information about the AIM students in the Class of 2015.
| AIM Class of 2015 | Honors | Graduation |
| Dan Alon | May | |
| Richard Bernard | December | |
| Brandon Cloete | December | |
| Thomas Desmond | May | |
| Thomas Dickinson | May | |
| Patrick Doyle | May | |
| Haney Fam | May | |
| Vanessa Foltinger | December | |
| Patrick Hart | Cum Laude, * | May |
| Joe Hodes | May | |
| Charles Houser | * | December |
| Dustin Hwang | December | |
| Alaa Ibrahim | Cum Laude | May |
| Alex Isken | December | |
| Cole Johnson | Summa Cum Laude, * | May |
| Berent Kowarick | May | |
| Kevin Lane | Cum Laude | May |
| Kyle Lawrence | May | |
| Jing Liu | August | |
| Patrick Lonzo | * | December |
| Mary McNellis | Magna Cum Laude, * | May |
| Mark Messier | May | |
| Andrew North | Magna Cum Laude, * | May |
| Jeremy Poppe | May | |
| Monica Raciti | Magna Cum Laude | May |
| Jaime Rehm | Cum Laude, * | May |
| Mariano Sanz | Cum Laude | May |
| Alex Schmidt | Cum Laude | May |
| John Schneider | May | |
| Jordan Schumacher | May | |
| Rushi Shah | May | |
| Connor Showalter | May | |
| Joe Simonelli | May | |
| Michael Stankovsky | Magna Cum Laude, * | May |
| James Stark | May | |
| Jack Sullivan | Magna Cum Laude | May |
| Chris Swanson | May | |
| Christopher Swift | December | |
| Mitchell Swirth | May | |
| Hendrik van der Zandt | May | |
| Zhe Wang | Cum Laude | May |
| Blake Weir | August | |
| Anne Wiesman | * | December |
| Autsin Wilson | Magna Cum Laude | May |
| Kurt Wittmeyer | Cum Laude | May |
| Wen Yang | Cum Laude, * | May |
| Stefanie Yordan | Cum Laude | May |
| Jiajun Zhou | Cum Laude, * | May |
| * Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma | ||
