{"id":18982,"date":"2026-10-23T18:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/?p=18982"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:03:19","slug":"spencer-educational-foundation-awards-11100-in-grants-to-nau-risk-management-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/about\/blog\/spencer-educational-foundation-awards-11100-in-grants-to-nau-risk-management-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Educational Foundation Awards $11,100 in Grants to NAU Risk Management Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two grants will support student participation in industry conferences and bring risk management expertise to campus.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Northern Arizona University’s W. A. Franke College of Business has received two grants totaling $11,100 from the Spencer Educational Foundation for Academic Year 2027. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The awards will provide students in the Risk Management Program with additional opportunities to connect with industry professionals, gain practical knowledge and explore careers in risk management and insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding includes a $7,500 General Grant for student participation in professional conferences and a $3,600 Risk Manager on Campus (RMOC) Grant to support a visit from an industry professional.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Expanding Professional Development Opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The $7,500 General Grant will support student attendance at Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS) Leadership Conferences and WSIA Risk Management Symposiums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These events bring together students, educators and industry professionals to discuss developments in risk management and insurance. Through conference sessions and networking opportunities, students can build professional connections, strengthen their leadership skills and gain a better understanding of the industry’s career paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gamma Iota Sigma, an international professional organization dedicated to risk management, insurance and actuarial science, also provides opportunities for students to engage with industry professionals and develop connections beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2010, the Spencer Educational Foundation has awarded more than $4.5 million in General Grants to universities and nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connecting Students with Industry Professionals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The $3,600 RMOC Grant will bring a practicing risk management professional to NAU for a series of educational and networking activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visit will include classroom presentations, panel discussions, lectures and networking receptions with students and faculty. These activities will give students an opportunity to learn directly from an industry professional, ask questions about current practices and better understand the responsibilities and challenges of working in risk management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 1997, the RMOC program has awarded more than $1.7 million in grants to universities across the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, the two grants will expand opportunities for NAU students to engage with the risk management profession through industry conferences and on-campus activities. The funding will also support the Risk Management Program’s efforts to connect academic learning with professional experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by: Sarah Wilkinson & Yating Wu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two grants will support student participation in industry conferences and bring risk management expertise to campus. Northern Arizona University’s W. A. Franke College of Business has received two grants totaling $11,100 from the Spencer Educational Foundation for Academic Year 2027. The awards will provide students in the Risk Management Program with additional opportunities to connect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2944,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,21],"tags":[78,81,80,79],"class_list":["post-18982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-management","category-undergraduate-programs","tag-gamma-iota-sigma","tag-grants-and-awards","tag-risk-management","tag-spencer-educational-foundation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2944"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18982"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19005,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18982\/revisions\/19005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}