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Upgrading the Traditional Experience
6/4/2004
The Erivan K. Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University mission
is to provide students with a program that enables them to bring the most innovative
business practices to their professions. To simulate a real-work environment
for teaching principles of business, the Haub School of Business created a state-of-the-art
Trading Room, joining only a handful of similarly equipped business schools
in the world. The Trading Room resembles what one would see on the floor of
any major stock exchange and includes capabilities to display real-time price
data on many financial instruments. Included in the room are a Trans Lux Ticker
Board, Picture Wall, Data Wall, and IBM ThinkCentre desktop computers with 17-inch
flat screens.
Students enrolled in courses in subjects pertaining to investments, portfolio
analysis, financial statement analysis, and information systems have the opportunity
to take advantage of the real-world financial simulation environment provided
by the Trading Room.
Using the Financial Trading System software installed on each of the room’s
IBM ThinkCentre desktops, students can participate in mock trading transactions,
create simulated portfolios, access past and present financial data, and obtain
news coverage from domestic and international markets.
To ensure the availability of technology applications to students, Saint Joseph’s
University uses innovative manageability tools, such as IBM’s ThinkVantage
Technologies, which diminish downtime and maintenance of PC networks. Technologies
like System Migration Assistant, which quickly migrates user-specific data and
settings and Rapid Restore, which recovers data, settings and applications after
a software failure, ensure that students’ time and effort is not wasted
or lost when completing research and assignments.
By investing in technology, Saint Joseph’s University has invested in
its students, differentiating them from their peers and placing them a step
ahead in their future professions.
Joseph A. DiAngelo (jodiange@sju.edu) is dean of the Erivan K. Haub School
of Business at Saint Joseph’s University.
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