- Over $3.5 million awarded
through CME Group Foundation's Scholarship program to date
CHICAGO, Aug. 14,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Foundation today
announced that 18 historically underrepresented students majoring
in finance, technology and related fields have each been awarded up
to $20,000, which is renewable for
three years. Since its launch in 2019, this program has awarded
over $3.5 million in scholarships to
nearly 100 students at 11 partner colleges and universities in the
U.S.
"Through our Foundation and other initiatives, CME Group
is committed to supporting future leaders in our community by
providing financial assistance and career development
opportunities," said Terry Duffy,
CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Since the
inception of this scholarship program in 2019, we have distributed
$3.5 million to over 100 deserving
students. We congratulate this year's recipients and wish them well
as they go on to pursue college degrees debt-free that will lead to
careers in finance, computer science and technology."
"The University of Illinois (U of I)
System is proud to participate in the CME Group Foundation Scholars
program and we are thrilled with the impressive enrollment of CME
scholars in our universities," said Tim
Killeen, University of Illinois
System President. "Opportunities abound in today's dynamic, rapidly
evolving workforce, and the U of I System is committed to providing
a world-class education to students of all backgrounds. The CME
Group Foundation Scholars program is incredibly important in
raising awareness for rewarding career opportunities, as well as
removing barriers for students to succeed."
This year's new recipients of the CME Group Foundation
Scholarship include:
- Aaron Alexander, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Cristian Brines, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Tristan Caldwell, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Ali El-Hindi, University of Illinois
Chicago
- Aylin Erda, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Olabisi Fabamigbe, University of Illinois
Chicago
- Shira Halkoda, University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
- Babak Hatemi, DePaul University
- Hema Kassahun, DePaul University
- Brenda Leyva, University of Illinois Chicago
- Alyssa Lopez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Blythe Madera, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Luis Miranda, University of Illinois Chicago
- Lilly Rodriguez, University of Illinois Chicago
- Farheen Sayyed, Loyola University Chicago
- Enrique Santillan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Faker Yonathan Shimels,
DePaul University
- Thomas Zaborenko, DePaul University
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
- St. Xavier University
- Stevens Institute of
Technology
- University of Illinois Chicago
- University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
- Wilbur Wright College
On Wednesday, August 14, CME Group
executives will host a Day of Recognition and Market Education for
those receiving scholarships to learn more about internship and
career opportunities available at CME Group and in the financial
services industry.
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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