Question: Did you ever learn about investing in school?
Meet Duff Bergquist (go.uidaho.edu/47Ud6rE), Barker Capital Management and Trading Program (go.uidaho.edu/3JGcSLs) director and senior instructor of finance. The Barker program along with its sister club, teach students about investing using real money. The students work with industry partners and alumni to learn about wealth management, risk management and financial analyses. Bergquist walks us through what research means for the Barker students, what life is like for participants and how the Girls Who Invest Program opens new opportunities for women in finance.
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Apricot Twist” by Gregory Joseph Carrozza (go.uidaho.edu/43aRLYv) via Amphibious Zoo.
Chapters
(0:00) Did you learn about investing in school?
(2:55) Getting to know Duff Bergquist
(7:12) What does research look like in Barker?
(14:04) How are PNW businesses involved?
(15:37) What do competitions in investing look like?
(17:52) What is Barker like for the students?
(20:52) What is Girls Who Invest?
(24:20) Final thoughts
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Question: Did you ever learn about investing in school?
Meet Duff Bergquist (go.uidaho.edu/47Ud6rE), Barker Capital Management and Trading Program (go.uidaho.edu/3JGcSLs) director and senior instructor of finance. The Barker program along with its sister club, teach students about investing using real money. The students work with industry partners and alumni to learn about wealth management, risk management and financial analyses. Bergquist walks us through what research means for the Barker students, what life is like for participants and how the Girls Who Invest Program opens new opportunities for women in finance.
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Apricot Twist” by Gregory Joseph Carrozza (go.uidaho.edu/43aRLYv) via Amphibious Zoo.
Chapters
(0:00) Did you learn about investing in school?
(2:55) Getting to know Duff Bergquist
(7:12) What does research look like in Barker?
(14:04) How are PNW businesses involved?
(15:37) What do competitions in investing look like?
(17:52) What is Barker like for the students?
(20:52) What is Girls Who Invest?
(24:20) Final thoughts
Feng Li (go.uidaho.edu/3UdtdZK) is the Micron Endowed Professor of Microelectronics at University of Idaho and director of the Next Generation Microelectronics Research Center (go.uidaho.edu/44MLoKG). He’s helping shape the future of semiconductors — not just through research, but by training the next generation of skilled workers Idaho’s tech industry needs. Li studies high-temperature devices that can withstand the extreme heat of space missions, geothermal systems and supersonic flight, while giving students hands-on experience in microchip fabrication and clean room technology.
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
Chapters
(00:00) Introduction
(01:28) High-temperature electronics
(02:25) Implications of high-temp tech
(03:35) Working with Micron
(05:36) Building a high-demand workforce
The Vandal Theory
Question: Did you ever learn about investing in school?
Meet Duff Bergquist (go.uidaho.edu/47Ud6rE), Barker Capital Management and Trading Program (go.uidaho.edu/3JGcSLs) director and senior instructor of finance. The Barker program along with its sister club, teach students about investing using real money. The students work with industry partners and alumni to learn about wealth management, risk management and financial analyses. Bergquist walks us through what research means for the Barker students, what life is like for participants and how the Girls Who Invest Program opens new opportunities for women in finance.
Visit our website uidaho.edu/vandaltheory. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu.
Music
“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).
“Apricot Twist” by Gregory Joseph Carrozza (go.uidaho.edu/43aRLYv) via Amphibious Zoo.
Chapters
(0:00) Did you learn about investing in school?
(2:55) Getting to know Duff Bergquist
(7:12) What does research look like in Barker?
(14:04) How are PNW businesses involved?
(15:37) What do competitions in investing look like?
(17:52) What is Barker like for the students?
(20:52) What is Girls Who Invest?
(24:20) Final thoughts
