St. John’s The Peter J. Tobin College of Business Unveils Financial Information Lab Initiative at New York Stock Exchange

St. John’s The Peter J. Tobin College of Business along with a group of more than 100 alumni, supporters and friends, gathered in the venerable Board Room of the New York Stock Exchange on November 29 to celebrate the addition of a Financial Information Lab (FIL) to their Queens campus.

The initiative positions the Tobin College of Business among elite business schools in the country. The FIL will provide students of all majors with an enhanced learning experience and a real-world perspective of the business world. Experiential learning and exposure to actual work environments have long been hallmarks of the Tobin College of Business program. These dimensions of the student experience, combined with the traditional hard work ethic of students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, differentiate the College significantly in its approach to educating future business leaders as compared to those of other competing schools. 

In speaking about this new facility, Peter D’Angelo, President of Caxton Associates and a member of the University's Board of Trustees, referred to the new initiative saying, “The new lab will better prepare students and give them the hands-on, real-world, real-time exposure to success they need.”

Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M., President of St. John’s University, spoke of how the FIL will help St. John’s by offering students an education “with impact that lasts a lifetime.” Joseph O’Connor, a Tobin College of Business alumnus, Managing Director at Gartmore Separate Accounts and a member of the University’s Board of Governors, proudly remembered his years at St. John’s and spoke of the special Vincentian Mission associated with bettering the lives of our students through projects of this magnitude.

The FIL will consist of approximately 30 work stations with double computer monitors that will provide real-time financial and other business information for use in analysis, forecasting and decision making. 

In addition, electronic display boards and live stock tickers will offer actual trading prices and financial information. Real-time business news downloads of historical data and other information will be projected onto three screens in the lab that will enable students to have access to the most sophisticated levels of business instruction.
     
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business has provided excellence in business education for nearly 80 years and is fully accredited by AACSB International for both business and accounting programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

For more information about the Tobin College of Business or the Financial Information Lab, please contact Jennifer Vacchio, Communications Manager at vacchioj@stjohns.edu or (718) 990-6218.

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