With its metropolitan location, the College of Business has aligned partnerships that afford its students unique opportunities outside the classroom to better prepare them for a global business environment. One such example is that three finance students will culminate an independent study sponsored by Delta Trust & Bank to attend the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting and hear from Warren Buffett, one of the most successful investors in the world and a notable philanthropist, May 1.

This is the fourth year that Delta Trust has engaged UALR finance students in the challenging study topped off by a trip to Omaha, Neb., for the Berkshire Hathaway meeting. Under the direction of Professor Larry Holland, the three students selected this year are Brian Barnett, Mirena Dimova, and Sean Felton.

Barnett is a junior finance major from the Maryland/Washington D.C. area who works in financial services. Donaghey Scholar Dimova is a graduating senior from Bulgaria. Felton, a finance major of Little Rock, is a former soldier and who was deployed to Iraq.

As part of the independent study, Delta Trust execs provide a comprehensive overview of a financial services firm. Required read includes “The Intelligent Investor” by Buffet’s mentor Benjamin Graham, “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America,” edited by Lawrence A. Cunningham, “Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger” by Janet Lowe, and the 2006 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report.