Intersession Projects
Students of the Annual School Session apply classroom concepts to their own institution’s data by completing a total of six intersession projects. Three projects will be completed after year one and three projects will be completed after year two in the program. Projects must be completed and receive an acceptable grade before a student can progress to the next year of the program.
Each project requires students to use information obtained during the school session to examine issues directly related to their institutions. Projects are designed to provide direct takeaways to enhance organizational performance.
First Year Projects
Driving Financial Performance Project
Utilizing the methodologies taught in the Driving Financial Performance course, this project challenges students to analyze the condition and performance of their bank.
Asset Liability Management Project
This project looks at performance and risk issues to develop an overall risk profile of the bank. Recommendations are crafted based on current and projected economic conditions.
Peer Group Collaboration Project
Each peer group identifies a topic they would like to address collectively, focusing on a range of views and solutions to the issue.
Second Year Projects
Organizational Culture Project
The project leads the student through a process to diagnose the institution’s current culture, preferred culture in five years, and a strategy to move the organization in that direction.
Strategy & Risk Management
This project utilizes the methodologies taught in the Planning (ERM) and Loan Portfolio Management courses to create a risk profile of the bank.
Strategic Topic, Signals Group Research or Special Interest Group
GSBC’s Strategic Topic Project option gives students the opportunity to address a meaningful issue or initiative that benefits their bank and/or individual role through applied research, analysis and actionable recommendations.
Those who opt to join a GSBC Signals Group perform research relating to technology, demographic and social issues that may impact the future of community banks. The outcome is creative solutions and opportunities these signals may present in our industry.
For students seeking more choice when it comes to where they invest their time, we gave students the chance to self-organize around shared interests in a Special Interest Group to collaborate on research they could take back to their banks.