Goldman Sachs College Collaborative Program
Global investment firm Goldman Sachs has been working with 10 students in the Ƶ School of Business, offering insight to address real-world corporate problems.
This new initiative, the Goldman Sachs College Collaborative Program, assigns students “Business Case Challenges” on topics covering a wide range of corporate matters, such as mergers, expansion, public relations and diversity. Under the mentorship of Goldman Sachs traders and managers, the Ƶ students play roles within the corporation (CEO, COO, Communications Director, etc.) and coordinate their efforts to arrive at efficient, ethical, and fiscally responsible solutions. The Goldman Sachs executives visit the Ƶ students once a month at the Ƶ School of Business.
The Goldman Sachs College Collaborative Program also works with three other area colleges and periodically assembles all participating students in a larger lecture hall to provide guidance on more general corporate expectations such as professionalism and etiquette. The program subsidizes the students’ travel to site locations, including a planned visit to Goldman’s corporate headquarters in New York City.
Ƶ students were selected for the program through a rigorous process of writing samples, interviews, and faculty recommendations. Though participation in the program does not ensure a job at Goldman upon graduation, it certainly provides each student with the skills to be an appealing job applicant.