Pub. 9 2018 Issue 2

www.wvbankers.org 28 West Virginia Banker “I am excited that MVB was the first bank from West Virginia in 18 years to be listed on the Nasdaq.” Mazza said. WVU Students Join West Virginia-based MVB at Nasdaq Closing Bell W hen Fairmont, West Virginia-based MVB Financial Corp. rang the Nas- daq closing bell in New York City on March 28, you could hear that bell all the way back at West Virginia University. The present met the past at Nasdaq that day, as finance students at the WVU College of Business and Economics joined MVB officials — many of whom are B&E alumni — at the podium for the ceremonial ringing. It had already been a big week for the business school students, who had also visited the New York Stock Exchange, globally recognized financial companies and alumni such as Wall Street executive Penni Roll, a B&E alumna, and CFO of Ares Capital Corporation in New York. Dr. Naomi Boyd, B&E’s Fred T. Tattersall Chair in Finance and an associate pro- fessor of finance, led the latest student experiential learning trip for finance stu- dents to New York’s Financial District. From visits to RBC (Royal Bank of Can- ada) and The Match Group to a dinner with B&E alumni, she said the student experience was unprecedented. “The week was truly magical,” Boyd said. “Students got to experience things they had only dreamed of, such as visits to Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange and meetings with highly successful B&E alumni. The experience of being there when MVB Financial Corp. rang the closing bell at Nasdaq is special in so many ways, and to be there with a West Virginia-based company was just incredible.” “The opportunity to see what a West Virginia-based company is capable of By Patrick Gregg, WVU College of Business & Economics