Dallas, TX (SMU), June 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Three hundred participants from around the country and two from Belize are advancing their banking industry leadership skills during the 65th session of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking (SWGSB) at SMU. The SWGSB Foundation, headquartered at the Cox School of Business on the campus of Southern Methodist University, kicked off in-person graduate school last week for this year’s summer program. The curriculum focuses on leadership development of participants over three years. Along with first-year or “freshmen” participants, second- and third-year students, referred to as “juniors” and “seniors,” are taking classes at the Cox School’s Collins Executive Education Center through Thursday, June 9. Senior bank managers and those tapped by management for executive training take part in leadership sessions led by industry consultants, top bank executives, SMU Cox professors and other academics.
“Since 1957, when a group of Dallas banking leaders and top administrators at Southern Methodist University founded SWGSB, our goal has been to teach bankers how to be leaders in their industry,” said SWGSB Foundation President and CEO Jeffrey R. Schmid. “For more than six decades, thousands of financial services professionals have taken part in our elite banking management programs, and we’re proud to say that SWGSB alumni fill the senior ranks of financial institutions, bank regulatory agencies and…
