Published June 1, 2020
University of Louisiana Monroe student Milan Arpino, a junior majoring in Risk Management
and Insurance in the College of Business and Social Sciences, was recently awarded
a prestigious national scholarship by the WSIA Education Foundation for $5,000 for
the 2020-2021 academic year.
The foundation’s Derek Hughes Scholarship Program encourages the study of insurance
and rewards exceptional students who have an interest in an insurance career.
Arpino was one of the few recipients selected from applications received from over
44 universities across the county.
Christine Berry, Ph.D., professor and coordinator of the RMI program, recommended
Arpino for the scholarship.
“Milan is one of the most enthusiastic and hardest working students I have encountered
in my over 25 years of being in higher education. There are many exceptional things
about Milan, but one of the most remarkable is that she spent a year in Italy immediately
after high school. On her own initiative, she later obtained a risk management internship
(for which she could speak only Italian) working for Mario Capello, engineer and technical
consultant for the Republic of Italy this past summer,” Berry said.
Arpino added, “I am honored to be a recipient of the Education Foundation Scholarship.
I am very appreciative for the work of the selection committee, Foundation President Brian Van Cleave, and Christine Timmerman for their continued support of students pursuing careers in Risk Management and Insurance.
Special thanks to Dr. Christine Berry and the University of Louisiana Monroe RMI program.”
The WSIA (Wholesale and Specialty Insurance Association) Education Foundation, formed
in 2018 with the merger of the AAMGA Education Foundation and the Derek Hughes/NAPSLO
Educational Foundation, is dedicated to encouraging the educational development of
all those interested in the excess and surplus lines business, to creating an understanding,
and overcoming the misperceptions of the excess and surplus lines market.
ULM’s RMI program is one of a few in the country that offers a curriculum that prepares
students for successful careers in the wholesale insurance industry.
