Booth School of Business to celebrate opening of Finance Trading Room with April 24 ribbon-cutting

The Northwest Missouri State University community is invited to join the institution’s Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth School of Business and Office of University Advancement as it celebrates the opening of a Finance Trading Room in Colden Hall.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 24, in Room 3500 at Colden Hall.

The remodeled room, which was converted from a classroom, is equipped with a series of computers, television monitors and a ticker display that enable students to track financial markets.

Several walls in the room are dry-erase boards, and mobile furniture in the space will foster additional collaboration. At a central computing station, an instructor may operate software and team with students using other monitors.

While the room will enhance finance coursework at Northwest, it also is equipped with Bloomberg software that provides students with access to the industry leader’s finance databases for services such as company filings, government securities, money markets, commodities and economic calendars as well as events and certification programs.

“The Bloomberg access is the ultimate access for financial data,” Dr. Ben Blackfor d, the director of the Booth School of Business, said. “The space was set up so that it would be super flexible and still a very impressive classroom space.”

The Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth School of Business equips students with essential skills such as critical thinking, effective written and oral communication, ethical decision-making, teamwork, and problem-solving. The Booth School of Business is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs. For more information, visit www.nwmissouri.edu/business/