Michael Bruchsaler Inducted Into Blue Blazers At Westminster

2011 Apr 29

Michael Bruchsaler, a Sophomore at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, was inducted into the Blue Blazers Investment Committee. Michael is the son of Robert Bruchsaler from Eugene, MO.

Originally started in 1996, the Blue Blazers is a financial committee that has received state and national media attention.

The Blue Blazers are truly living the mission of Westminster, gaining real world experience with the financial investment world as their classroom," says Dr. Barney Forsythe, President of the College. "Through this investment committee, domestic and international students with a wide range of majors and interests learn business and finance at the highest level."

Every year the Westminster Board of Trustees allocates college endowment funds to the Blazers to invest in the stock market. The students do extensive research and then buy and sell stock to build and manage an actual investment portfolio. Through this experience, they receive the rare opportunity to experience how investing in the stock market works firsthand.

Blazers are required to report to the Board of Trustees and inform them about developments in the group and the portfolio.

Some of the profits from successful investment years make it possible for committee members to visit major financial investments centers on Wall Street in New York City.

Founded in 1851, Westminster College is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation, according to the rankings of U.S.News & World Report. Forbes magazine just selected Westminster as one of America's Top Colleges and Universities, the Best Liberal Arts College in Missouri, and one of the Best Liberal Arts Colleges in America. The Princeton Review recently named the College as one of the best colleges and universities in the Midwest for the ninth straight year. Newsweek-Kaplan named it "One of the 372 Most Interesting Schools in America." Westminster has also been recognized as one of 240 Colleges of Distinction and CosmoGirl magazine named the school one of the Top 100 American Colleges for women. This selective college for men and women is situated on an 86-acre residential campus with small class sizes taught by an excellent faculty.