- More than $3.1 million in
Foundation scholarships awarded since 2019
- Students eligible for $20,000 in grants each year for up to three
years
CHICAGO, Aug. 14,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Foundation today
announced that 18 rising Black and Latinx students majoring in
finance, technology and related fields at 11 partner colleges and
universities in Illinois have each
been awarded $20,000 in scholarships
to further their education. With this addition, CME Group
Foundation is currently providing scholarships to 33 college
students for the 2023-24 academic year.
While many scholarship programs are aimed at helping freshmen
start college, the CME Group Foundation Scholarship Program works
to ensure that sophomores, juniors, and seniors can finish their
four-year degrees. Winners can reapply for up to three years of
support, for a total of $60,000 in
financial assistance. Since its 2019 launch, this program has
awarded more than $3.1 million in
scholarships to 87 talented college students.
"CME Group Foundation is committed to providing financial
assistance and career development opportunities for our students,
who will no doubt serve as future leaders in the workforce," said
Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of CME Group Foundation.
"Throughout the years, students involved in our scholarship program
have been able to earn college degrees debt-free, as they learn
about exciting careers at CME Group and other leading
organizations."
"UIC takes great pride in the recognition earned by our
students, who represent half of the 2023 CME Group Foundation
Scholars cohort," said University of Illinois
Chicago Chancellor Marie Lynn
Miranda. "The CME Group Foundation is a wonderful university
partner and its scholars program clearly aligns with UIC's mission
to provide the broadest possible access to higher education and
opportunities for growth outside of the classroom. This is an
empowering opportunity for Black and Latinx students as they
explore and prepare for potential finance and technology
careers."
On August 15, CME Group executives
will host a Day of Recognition and Market Education on the
financial services industry during which students can learn more
about internship and career opportunities available at CME
Group.
This year's new recipients of the CME Group Foundation
Scholarship include:
- Nube Aguilar, University of Illinois Chicago
- Mya Bragg, DePaul University
- Rakayla Campbell, Loyola University
Chicago
- Camila Crespo, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Ebuka Egbunam, University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
- Moses Garcia, University of Illinois Chicago
- Leslie Gonzalez, Northern Illinois University
- Michael Gonzalez, University of Illinois Chicago
- William Ileka, DePaul University
- Nataly Jimenez-Cruz,
Stevens Institute of Technology
- Michael King, University of Illinois Chicago
- Daniel Martinez, University of Illinois Chicago
- Jari De Jesus Mejia,
University of Illinois Chicago
- Brianna Negron, University of Illinois Chicago
- Sandra Opakunle, Loyola University Chicago
- Natalie Ramirez, University of Illinois Chicago
- Joshua Sanchez, University of Illinois Chicago
- Emmanuel Thompson, Illinois Institute of Technology
Scholarship partner colleges and universities include:
- DePaul University
- Illinois Institute of
Technology
- Loyola University Chicago
- National Louis University
- Northern Illinois University
- Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
- Stevens Institute of
Technology
- St. Xavier University
- University of Illinois Chicago
- University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
- Wilbur Wright College
For more information on CME Group Foundation, visit
www.cmegroupfoundation.org.
About CME Group Foundation
CME Group Foundation helps today's students keep pace with
dramatically evolving technology, creating a workforce for the
future that is equipped with the skills to meet tomorrow's global
challenges. By bringing together the brightest minds in education
to prepare students for kindergarten,, provide robust opportunities
in computer science, and support them with college and career
success, we are sparking system-wide change that benefits all
students, from cradle to career, with a focus on those who are
typically underrepresented in the STEM fields. They will shape the
future of the world's most important industries, including our own,
so we give them the tools they need to achieve their full
potential.
About CME Group
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group
(www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash
and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering
market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and
capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range
of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based
on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy,
agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and
options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform,
fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on
the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's
leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME
Clearing.
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