Informational Meeting Provides Assistance for Gould Award
A brief informational meeting regarding the Gould Scholastic Award will take place at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in Violette Hall 1432. Any interested students are welcome to attend. The topic of the paper is most applicable to finance/business, accounting, economics and computer science. There are behavioral implications, so psychology and sociology students may be interested as well.
SS&C, a financial technology company, sponsors the annual Robert L. Gould Scholastic Award to recognize outstanding university students who produce academic papers on topics related to investment management strategies, theories and trends. The concept for this year is related to gamification and investments. As technology is explored in everyday lives, how could gamification impact or encourage appropriate investing behaviors and what are the real or potential positive and negative consequences of using gamification in this environment?
In addition to the national award, the University will offer cash prizes to the top three papers from Truman students. Locally, first place will earn $250, second place will receive $150 and third place will get $100. All three will be submitted to the SS&C for the national competition.
Papers should be submitted to Chuck Boughton, instructor in business administration, at boughton@truman.edu by Jan. 14. Submissions should be in Word format only. Local awards will be announced after the Jan. 31 submission to the Gould judges. For more information email boughton@truman.edu.
