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Creating opportunities for hbcu students AltFinance is building and expanding pathways for HBCU students to careers in alternative investment management. Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities exploring a future in finance should have clear pathways and guidance available to help turn their ambition and potential into a rewarding career. We introduce HBCU students to the alternative investment industry through information sessions speakers and foundational curriculum to supplement academics We provide highperforming students with additional exposure to industryspecific training and access to networks of professional and academic leaders We coordinate experiencebuilding opportunities including mock interviews case study presentations office tours and investment site visits with partner organizations in the alternatives industry Networking Mentoring Community programs Fellowship The AltFinance Fellowship provides ambitious students at select partner HBCU schools with finance and alternative investment education oneonone professional mentorship scholarship funding to pursue professional and academic goals and access to internships and fulltime jobs at alternative investment firms. Institute The AltFinance Institute is a partnership with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania that provides a bestinclass virtual platform available for all HBCU students with academic coursework experiential programming and communitybuilding opportunities that seek to broaden exposure to and increase representation in the alternative investment industry.