The Spencer Educational Foundation Announces 2020-2021 Risk Manager on Campus Grant Recipients

January 11, 2021 (New York, NY): The Spencer Educational Foundation is proud to announce our 2020-2021 Risk Manager on Campus grant award recipients. Spencer awarded 21 RMOC grants totaling $61,072. Spencer’s 2020-2021 RMOC grant recipients include:

• Ball State University

• East Carolina University

• Florida State University

• Illinois State University

• La Salle University

• Mercyhurst University

• Missouri State University

• New Mexico State University

• Ohio Dominican

• Ohio State University

• Old Dominion University

• Saint Joseph's University

•  University of Akron

• University of Central Arkansas

• University of Central Oklahoma

• University of Hartford

• University of Illinois

• University of Louisville

• University of North Texas

• University of Rhode Island

• York University

Spencer’s Risk Manager on Campus (RMOC) program offers grants to colleges and universities to bring a practicing risk manager on campus to interact with students in classes, lectures, and receptions over a 1-3 day period. The Risk Manger on Campus program (previously named Risk Manager in Residence) was rebranded in 2020 to allow for greater connectivity between local RIMS chapters and nearby universities and to help students connect with risk managers in their immediate area. The RMOC program has been praised by both risk managers and universities as a rewarding educational experience and a chance to give back to the profession.

Because of COVID-19 university campus shutdowns and restrictions, no RMOC grants were officially awarded in 2020. Instead, Spencer worked with 2020 grant award recipients and moved RMOC program timelines to 2021.

“Experiential learning opportunities, like the ones offered through Spencer’s RMOC program, work to strengthen the talent pipeline by providing students with real world case studies and insights from practicing professionals,” said Megan Miller, Spencer Executive Director. “A visiting risk manager has the capacity to attract more students to our industry by providing insight into a career path that might be little-known to students.”

Along with Risk Manager on Campus grants, Spencer also provides other grants aimed at developing and advancing our industry’s future leaders. Past grants include development of advanced courses in InsureTech, Enterprise Risk Management, Cyber Risk, and Data Analytics; student attendance at industry conferences and symposia; and a variety of other unique proposals. Spencer’s goal to help build a global talent pipeline of risk and insurance professionals is achieved in part by our collaboration with risk and insurance leaders across the United States and Canada.

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About 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 over $8 million in scholarships and $5 million in grants to universities and professional institutions affecting more than 60,000 students through our programs. For more information, please visit us at www.spencered.org.