Your Gifts at Work June 2014 | Page 5

Gifts such as this to The Citadel’s School of Business are preparing business leaders to succeed and excel in the highly competitive global business environment. “ Private gifts allow our students to have an academic experience second to none. Donor gifts have the opportunity to shape and mold scores of students in a way that makes them competitive, whether on the job market, in the board room, or in government service. -Bob Riggle, Assistant Professor The Citadel School of Business The Rick and Mary Lee Bastin Financial Leadership Lab, made possible through the generous donation of Richard E. Bastin, ’65, and his wife, Mary Lee, helps business students connect theory to realworld application in the financial trading world. Featuring 29 computer terminals with 19-inch dual monitors, a 22-foot, full-color ticker display, a 92-inch LED market video wall, two 55-inch data displays, and access to a wide range of financial data and analytical tools, the lab is built to simulate a real trading floor and is open to Citadel undergraduate and MBA students. Students have access to a wide range of equipment as well as state-of-the-art software and analytical tools they will use in their careers.