Financial Services, Real Estate & Insurance

Welcome to the Financial Services, Real Estate & Insurance Industries Connections Community!

Use the Industry 101 guides for Financial Services and Banking, Business Functions and Operations, and Real Estate to learn more about the pros and cons of the industry, typical roles, and more. Bloomberg Education is a computer software system that allows users to analyze real-time market and economic data (available to ALL students) Use Big Interview’s (an AI interviewing platform) Technical Questions to help nail your next interview. As a Villanova student, you have access to a free Wall Street Journal and Financial Times subscription.

Villanova Financial Services, Real Estate & Insurance Events:

  • Fall Semester: VSB O’Donnell Center: Careers in Corporate Finance & Accounting, BRIDGE Society Mentoring & Networking Event: Exploring Careers in Finance, What Liberal Arts Students Need to Know About Finance Workshops, DiLella Center for Real Estate Career Conference
  •  Spring Semester: Business and Arts Career Fair, Wall Street Meetup-Prep, Wall Street Meetups

Learn about Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Private Equity, and more through Villanova in the Valley! Info Session Friday 9/13

Published on September 11, 2024

Interested in entrepreneurship, venture capital, or private equity? Seeking to explore career paths and learn about tech innovation? The Villanova in the Valley program provides students from across Villanova’s campus the opportunity to engage with the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Silicon …

By Vanessa Schmidt
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Sophomore Programs and When to Apply

Published on September 6, 2024

Sophomore programs are programs created specifically for first-year and sophomore students and are typically targeted towards under-represented groups such as racial minorities, the LGTBQ+ community, students with disabilities, veterans, etc. but anyone can apply.

Students who participate in these programs …

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Banks on Campus Next Week

Published on August 30, 2024

The Career Fair isn’t the only place to connect with employers next week. We have banks that will be on campus that want to engage with you. Connecting in person is a great way to make connections and help boost …

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Skill Building Courses

Financial Accounting Part 1

Taught by Earl Stice
Anyone who needs to interpret financial statements or communicate financial results needs a solid understanding of financial accounting. This comprehensive,…
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Learning Graphic Design History (2014)

Taught by Sean Adams
The history of graphic design is a history of cultural expression, reflecting not only what people thought during a given…
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Driving Digital Transformation with Generative AI and Predictive AI Technologies

Taught by Thomas Erl
Digital transformation has been redefined and reshaped with the adoption of enhanced, modern generative AI and predictive AI technologies. Join…
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Accounting Foundations: Managerial Accounting

Taught by Earl Stice
Managerial accounting helps managers make decisions using an organization’s financial data. An understanding of managerial accounting helps you figure out…
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Finance for Non-Financial Managers (2015)

Taught by Earl Stice
If you’re looking to grow your career and take on greater responsibility within your organization, you’ll need to demonstrate a…
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Crisis Communication

Taught by Laura Bergells
Every organization needs to plan how to communicate internally and externally in the event of a crisis. In this course,…
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Planning a Web Design Portfolio: Growing Your Freelance Business

Taught by Lauren Bacon
A great portfolio can make the difference between landing a new client and losing a sale. In this course, you’ll…
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Running a Profitable Business: Understanding Financial Ratios

Taught by Earl Stice
Financial ratios—such as ROI (return on investment) or ROA (return on assets)— are a valuable tool for measuring a company’s…
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Jeffrey Zeldman: 20 years of Web Design and Community

Taught by Jeffrey Zeldman
Who is Jeffrey Zeldman? The “Miles Davis of web design”? “Godfather of the web”? Or simply “your friend on the…
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Mapping the Modern Web Design Process

Taught by Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Once you eliminate the trends and terminology, web design is about one thing and one thing only: getting your message…
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QuickBooks: Advanced Bookkeeping Techniques

Taught by Bonnie Biafore
View Bonnie’s LinkedIn Newsletter Master tricky income, expense, and banking transactions in QuickBooks with these tips and techniques from Bonnie…
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Creative Inspirations: Kit Hinrichs, Graphic Designer

Taught by Kit Hinrichs
Kit Hinrichs is one of the most accomplished and respected graphic designers and illustrators of the last fifty years. A…
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The Making of Amsterdam Mist: The Structures

Taught by Bert Monroy
Bert Monroy creates digital paintings that fool the eye and delight the senses. And he’s been at it for over…
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Financial Analysis: Analyzing the Top Line with Excel

Taught by Rudolph Rosenberg
Learn how to analyze the top line (or revenue) of your company and identify areas of under- or overperformance with…
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Financial Analysis: Analyzing the Bottom Line with Excel

Taught by Rudolph Rosenberg
Learn how to analyze the bottom line (or profitability) of your company and identify areas of under- or overperformance with…
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Financial Analysis: Making Business Projections

Taught by Rudolph Rosenberg
Estimating future financial performance plays a big part in the life of start-ups and corporations large and small. By looking…
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Learning Graphic Design: Cropping Photographs

Taught by John McWade
Cropping is essential to good design. In this course, senior author John McWade shows members how to transform images that…
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Graphic Design for Business Professionals

Taught by Justin Seeley
Not a graphic designer? No problem. In this course, staff author and designer Justin Seeley shares graphic design secrets anyone…
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Taught by Ray Villalobos
This series offers 10-minute projects on intermediate and advanced web design topics, covering technologies such as HTML, PHP, jQuery, and…
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Learning Graphic Design: Techniques

Taught by John McWade
Take a creative refresher course with these 18 simple design techniques that will immediately improve your layouts, brought to you…
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Alumni Connections

Mason Ressler

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  • New York, NY
  • Senior - International Tax EY
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Fernando Delgado

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  • San Francisco, CA
  • Producer Alliant Insurance Services
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Priyanka Gupta

Alumni
  • Menlo Park, CA
  • Liberty Mutual
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Henry Hautau

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  • Novato, CA
  • Realtor Compass
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Erica Lacerenza

Alumni
  • New York, NY
  • Managing Director Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Joy Pilborough

Alumni
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Fashion Consultant Fleur du Mal
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Michael Sweeney, MBA

Alumni
  • Freehold, NJ
  • District Sales Manager ADP
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Meghan Gallivan

Alumni
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Vice President, Banker J.P. Morgan & Co.
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Ting Zhang

Alumni
  • Wynnewood, PA
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Nicolas Trindade

Alumni
  • Gambrills, Maryland
  • Business Operations Intern Dev Technology Group, Inc.
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Keith Donley

Alumni
  • Bridgewater, New
  • Executive Director, Brand Marketing Bausch + Lomb
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Henry Cyr

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  • Melbourne, FL
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