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Starting in the summer of 2016, a group of community bankers will be descending on the Fort Lewis College campus for the Western States School of Banking.<\/p>\n
The WSSB curriculum \u2013 which covers topics such as risk management; funds management; legal aspects; and sales, service and marketing \u2013 is taught by nationally recognized faculty, which will now include some FLC professors.<\/p>\n
The bankers attend two eight-day sessions annually for two years and complete projects in between the sessions to earn certification from the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration is a strong school of business,\u201d FLC President Dene Thomas said. \u201cBringing a fine school of banking to campus was a natural fit, one that we feel will benefit communities across the West.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas and School of Business Administration Dean Paul McGurr lobbied hard to get the school to FLC.<\/p>\n
They were assisted in the effort by the Western States School of Business\u2019 new executive director, Durangoan Gigi Baty.<\/p>\n
Until July 1, Baty was the director of Continuing Education at FLC, a position she held for nine years.<\/p>\n
Since 1974, the college has been one of the few undergraduate-only business schools to hold accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, the international accrediting body for business schools, FLC spokesman Mitch Davis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly a small percentage of business schools around the world earn AACSB accreditation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The school holding classes at FLC will be another stream of revenue for the college, important for an institution receiving less funding from the state every year.<\/p>\n
To be eligible to attend the Western States School of Banking, applicants must already be employed as an officer or in a supervisory position at a financial institution or at a state or federal agency which supervises financial institutions.<\/p>\n
They must also have worked in banking or equivalent work for at least a year or have completed at least one year of university-level courses.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit www.wssbonline.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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