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<p class=MsoNormal>Spring enrollment for graduate business students begins
tomorrow. For your consideration there is an additional elective course, FINC525
Practicum in Financial Management also known as the Bulldog Fund, open to
selected graduate business students. Details about the course are
provided below. An application form is attached.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Mr. Larron C. Harper<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Director, Graduate Programs and Assistant Professor of
Business<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Brock School of Business, Samford University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Tel: 205 726-2931 Fax: 205 726-4555<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>lcharper@samford.edu <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>www.samford.edu/mba <span style='color:#548DD4'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Venable, John <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Harper, Larron<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Business Elective Opportunity -- FINC525 Practicum in Financial
Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Larry, please forward this to the active MBAs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There is an elective available to you which involves the
active management of over $1.1 million of Samford’s endowment. The
Bulldog Investment Fund is managed by students. They organize by economic sector
and hunt for attractive stocks to add to the portfolio. They also analyze the
existing portfolio to determine whether the investments are still attractive.
Oral and written presentation are made, and private votes taken on proposals.
At the end of the semester, the managers make a presentation to Samford’s
Board of Trustees.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For MBAs, there are no prerequisites. Most applicants have
an interest in the area of investing, but few have actual experience. So, if
you don’t think you can do this, think again. Across four different
classes, their combined performance would put the Fund in the top 2 percent of <u>professionally</u>
managed funds.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Acceptance into the course is made by application and possible
interview. The application form and instructions are attached. [Ignore the
FINC450 designation; undergraduates participate too and FINC450 is their
equivalent course number.] Decisions will be announced in early November.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I encourage each of you to evidence your interest by
spending some time visiting one of our meetings held in the Dean’s
Conference Room on Mondays from 5:30pm to 8pm. If your schedule prohibits you
from attending, I hope you will stop by my office (DBH323) and introduce yourself.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I will try to visit Dr. Jones’ Finance class, also on
Monday, to talk with you about the Fund and answer any questions you may have.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I hope you will join this singular experiential learning
opportunity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:#C00000'>_____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>John
M. Venable<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Assistant Professor</b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Faculty Advisor—Bulldog Investment Fund<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Department of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Brock School of Business <b>—</b>
Samford University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>800 Lakeshore Drive<b>—</b>
Birmingham, AL 35229<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>jmvenabl@samford.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>w: 205-726-2985 f:
205-726-2464<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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