The experiences that they have here at K State for specifically the Finance department is the stock pitch challenge that happens every single year. And there's also class, we're able to manage $1.5 million in assets, and for me, that really drew me to the college. And it was something that not a lot of other colleges around your head. So the resources for the Finance department that we have is Bloomberg and Cap IQ. These are things and resources that you're going to be using on the job. And so when you go in day one, you're already ahead of some of the other students and you're able to just stand out.
I will put our best and brightest in the Finance department up against at school in the country in a very much mean that. I think they've got a lot more "want-it" a lot more underdog mentality, a lot more drive to succeed, and it builds a special bond with our alumni. And they understand that and they want to give back and they're very involved. We give away hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships that have been donated by our alumni to our students that are coming and doing well in the program. We're very active with wanting to come back and talk to our students and help them find their career and find their passion and find their way in finance industry.
The K State Finance college program, which is housed within the Gates Capital Management's Center for Financial Analysis. Within our program, students focus on various specialized careers, usually more competitive part of finance world where students are supported by alumni networking and financial support in terms of scholarships and travel, to be able to go after those jobs.
