Financial Planning Academy was held July 16-21 in partnership with Texas Tech University and the Charles Schwab Foundation. This collaboration between CAFNR and the Trulaske College of Business invited 17 rising sophomores, juniors and seniors to explore careers in personal financial planning through teamwork and personal development. This camp prepares students to approach finances through their client’s personal lens, rather…
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An Exceptional Evening
CAFNR honors six of the college’s outstanding alumni at the 2022 Column Awards
The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources recently honored the six individuals chosen to receive the 2022 CAFNR Column Award for Distinguished Alumni. This is the only award specifically for alumni presented by the college. The awardee class includes one graduate from each of CAFNR’s six divisions, reflecting the six historic columns at the University of Missouri. Animal Sciences…
CAFNR Advisor Spotlight: Robyn Holliday (Eschenbrenner)
Holliday (Eschenbrenner) serves as an academic advisor for the agribusiness management and personal financial planning degree programs
How rewarding is it to work with students in the agribusiness management and personal financial planning degree programs? Being an advisor for agribusiness management and personal financial planning students has been very rewarding. Though I have not been working with them for long, I have enjoyed getting to know each of the students personally and learning about their unique paths.…
CAFNR Welcomes New Faculty
Seven new faces join CAFNR faculty for the fall 2022 semester
With the fall semester underway, we are excited introduce and welcome the new faculty members in our college. The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri is proud to introduce seven new faculty members this semester who are equipped to advance our core missions of research, teaching and extension. They each bring a wealth of…
Abed Rabbani Wins Outstanding Paper Award
Abed Rabbani is part of a team of authors named Outstanding Paper Award recipients in the 2022 Emerald Literati Awards. The winning article was “A test of the association between the initial surge in COVID-19 cases and subsequent changes in financial risk tolerance,” in the journal Review of Behavioural Finance. Rabbani is an assistant professor of personal financial planning. His…
Senior Spotlight: Dalton Shust
Shust will graduate with a degree in personal financial planning
Around a year into his education at the University of Missouri, Dalton Shust was still in search of the perfect degree program. Shust had transferred to Mizzou after spending a year playing basketball at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis. Shust randomly ran into an old high school friend one day on the Mizzou campus as…
Success On and Off the Mat
Keegan O'Toole and Rocky Elam, NCAA Div. I Wrestling All-Americans, work hard to balance their sport and their studies
Sophomores Rocky Elam and Keegan O’Toole had a singular goal in mind when they began the 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships – win a national title. Both wrestlers improved on their finishes from last season, with O’Toole claiming a national title at 165 pounds and Elam securing a fourth-place finish at 197 pounds. The duo joined elite company in…
A Home Away From Home
Personal financial planning degree program has helped senior Emily Meyer prepare for her future
Emily Meyer served as a bank teller in her hometown of Bowling Green, Mo., for nearly three years while in high school, developing a passion for numbers and for helping others. When she made the decision to attend the University of Missouri, Meyer knew the personal financial planning degree program would allow her expand on those passions. As Meyer, a…
Making an Impact
Quentin Harris is using his personal financial planning degree to help others with their financial decisions
During his final semester at the University of Missouri, Quentin Harris served as a certified tax preparer through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program – an experience that changed the course of his life. Harris, who earned a degree in personal financial planning in 2018, prepared taxes for Mizzou students and individuals throughout the Columbia community through the VITA…
Taking Risk
Abed Rabbani is an assistant professor in personal financial planning (PFP), studying financial risk tolerance
Measuring financial risk tolerance is not always simple as many over or underestimate their true risk tolerance. What does this mean for investors and financial planners? That’s where the research of University of Missouri professor is coming in. Abed Rabbani, assistant professor in personal financial planning (PFP), teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the department, along with performing research in…