Risk & Insurance Management Society: Eight University Teams Selected for Risk Management Competition at RISKWORLD

NEW YORK, March 23 -- The Risk and Insurance Management Society issued the following news release:

Eight university risk management teams will compete in the 2022 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge during RISKWORLD(TM), RIMS rebranded annual conference and exhibition. Given a case-study that was developed by the risk executives at Starbucks Corporation, the student teams will present their strategies in front of an esteemed panel of risk professionals.

The winner will be announced at a Spencer reception held during RISKWORLD in San Francisco on April 11th. The eight university teams chosen to compete are:

* Appalachian State University

* Fudan University (China - presenting virtually)

* Peking University (China - presenting virtually)

* St. Mary's University (Texas)

* University of Hartford

* University of Southern California

* University of Georgia

* University of Wisconsin

For more information about opportunities and resources developed for risk management students, visit RIMS Student Resource Center at www.rims.org/community/students. For more information about Spencer, visit www.Spencered.org.

The Spencer Educational Foundation

The Spencer Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funding the education of tomorrow's risk management and insurance leaders through scholarships, grants, internship opportunities, on and off campus experiential learning, and support of risk management/insurance curricula. Since Spencer was founded in 1979, we have awarded nearly $9 million in scholarships and over $7 million in grants to universities and professional institutions impacting an estimated 70,000 students through our programming. For more information, please visit us at www.spencered.org.