The William L. Bauhard Student Managed Investment Program fund was established at the University of Nebraska foundation with a leadership gift from Bill Bauhard of Omaha, a retired financial services and telecommunications executive.
Additional funds were contributed to the fund through gifts from:
Students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney gain real-world investment experience before they graduate. Many students today use online simulations to learn about investing, but with the use of the Bauhard Investment Program Fund, undergraduate students in the field of study have the opportunity to use actual funds to make and monitor real investments.
Students in the class work closely with their professor as they select and manage investments. Future income that students earn from investments they make will go to a student scholarship fund that will provide tuition aid for undergraduate students in the college.
"The Bauhard Student Managed Investment Fund algins perfectly with our commitment to enable students to learn by doing - experiential learning has long been a pillar differentiating the UNK College of Business and Technology from its peers. More recently we have augmented this experience by adding four state-of-the-art Bloomberg Terminals in our Financial Research Lab. Bill Bauhard has understood and supported our vision from the beginning. We truly appreciate the contributions Bill and others have made to our programs."
-Tim Jares, former CBT Dean
Row 1: Yujie Cai, Shlok Sah, Janet Aguado, Courtney Cox, Josh Stoner, Ernesto Gomex, Alex Peters, Weijun Shao, Samson David
Row 2: Brett Shoenhofer, Daniel Turkulainen, Turner Plugge, Andrew Howard, Logan Marx, Dionte Perkins, Jialei Gu, Parker Lammers, Isaac Anderson
"The Bauhard Investment fund has provided me with a unique opportunity to learn how to apply concepts learned in class to the real world. Dealing with future student scholarships made the stakes higher and made me put in a lot of effort for those students down the line. I will be able to take what I have learned in this class and apply it to the rest of my investing career. Already, I have taken what I have learned and used it to make purchases like that of the fund. I take great pride in what we were able to accomplish with the money that has been given to us and look forward to tracking its performance in the future.'
-B.S.
"The opportunity to manage the Bauhard fund has been an incredibly rewarding learning experience. When I joined this class two semesters ago, my understanding of investments was limited to surface-level concepts. I will be leaving this class with not only a deeper knowledge of portfolio management but also the confidence to apply this knowledge to my own investments. I am sincerely grateful for the generosity that made this experience possible."
-D.P.
"Participating in the management of the Bauhard Fund as an exchange student has been an exceptional and truly unique experience—one that I would not have had the opportunity to have in my home country. I strongly believe that being part of this student-led team responsible for managing the fund’s portfolio, coupled with insightful teaching and hands-on experience using Bloomberg terminals, has significantly deepened and broadened my finance knowledge and equipped me with valuable skills and tools that will be instrumental in my future professional career."
-D.T.
