Finance and Commodities Trading Lab

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13% of 100 Donor goal

$16,900

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Thank You, Leathernecks!

Triple Your Support for the New Finance and Commodities Trading Lab

The College of Business and Technology is preparing to transform a highly visible classroom into a state-of-the-art financial trading lab. This space will give students hands-on experience with investments, commodity markets, merchandising, futures, and options through industry tools and live data.

The lab will feature multi-monitor workstations, collaborative seating with a live ticker, real-time and historical data feeds, and large-format displays to support teaching, simulations, and technical analysis.

An anonymous alumni donor will match all Giving Tuesday gifts to this project 2:1, tripling the impact of every contribution.

Your Giving Tuesday gift will help bring this advanced technology to campus, strengthen student preparation for today’s financial professions, and expand opportunities built on earlier successes.