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Dear FE Students,

As your new interim director, I welcome all of you to the University of Michigan. While some of you are returning from last year, for others this is your first time here in Ann Arbor. Today is a great opportunity to meet each other, learn from each other, and build the foundations of relationships that hopefully will last a lifetime. You are indeed our most valuable resource and asset for the future.

University of Michigan offers each of us great opportunities to interact and learn. In this regard, Financial Engineering program is an excellent example of interdisciplinary cooperation between the College of Engineering, Literature, Science and Arts, and the Ross School of Business. This cooperation offers our students the best available set of skills that spans the entire University. My goal for the upcoming year is to build on this spirit of cooperation that has been initiated by the previous directors of the Financial Engineering Program, starting with John Birge, and continuing with Romesh Saigal, Larry Seiford, and Steve Pollock. Their pioneering efforts have lead to a highly successful program, as evidenced by approximately one hundred students enrolled practically spanning the Globe, many hundreds of students graduated, and the dozens of recruiters who have hired them. Our recruiters range from information system specialists, risk-management specialists, trading firms, investment and commercial banks and other financial intermediaries, and corporate finance recruiters across the spectrum of companies. The diversity of companies speaks to the high regard they have for our students.

Even after you graduate, you will remain as representatives and ambassadors of our program. Your future success will make us even better, just as our success will improve your future success. As such, we will care, support, and provide a helping hand to our community of students and alumni whenever needed. In return, we expect all of you to proudly wave our maize-and-blue flag.

As your new interim director, I am always happy to listen to your ideas to uphold the tradition of excellence at the University of Michigan and to help improve our program. My doors and mind are always open to you and your ideas.

Sincerely yours,

Nejat Seyhun
Jerome B. and Eileen M. York Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Finance, Interim Director of Financial Engineering