{"id":1481,"date":"2022-06-06T14:32:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me.business.holycross.edu\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2022-06-06T14:32:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:32:12","slug":"fenwick-scholar-awarded-to-certificate-in-finance-banking-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/2022\/06\/06\/fenwick-scholar-awarded-to-certificate-in-finance-banking-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Fenwick Scholar Awarded to Certificate in Finance &amp; Banking Student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/MHendrix-Fenwick-Scholar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1482\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/MHendrix-Fenwick-Scholar.png\" alt=\"Fenwick Scholar Max Hendrix 23\" width=\"868\" height=\"868\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fenwick Scholar:\u00a0<\/strong> Max Hendrix &#8217;23<\/p>\n<p><strong>Studies:<\/strong> Philosophy,\u00a0 Economics, Certificate in Finance &amp; Banking<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advisors:<\/strong> Prof. Karsten Stueber, Philosophy &amp;\u00a0 Prof. Kolleen Rask, Economics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project:<\/strong> Max will undertake a philosophical analysis of human agency under rational choice theory &#8211; the theory in mainstream economics that human beings are fundamentally rational and use this rationality to recognize and pursue goals that align with their own self-interest.\u00a0 Rational choice theory can be useful for its powerful predictive abilities, but contemporary work in both behavioral economics and social psychology have recently begun to critique these assumptions and question the limits of this theory.\u00a0 Max would like to approach the question from a philosopher&#8217;s perspective, particularly those philosophers who emphasize the intrinsically social nature of humans.\u00a0 Of interest, for example, is Adam Smith&#8217;s often overlooked belief that empathy if a fundamental part of our human agency.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Max Hendrix &#8217;23,\u00a0 a double major in philosophy and economics pursuing a Certificate in Finance &amp; Banking, for receiving the Fenwick Scholar.\u00a0 \u00a0This award is the highest academic award that the College bestows. With advisors, the Fenwick Scholar designs a program of independent research or a project that will complete their undergraduate education in the most challenging, creative, and meaningful way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fenwick Scholar:\u00a0 Max Hendrix &#8217;23 Studies: Philosophy,\u00a0 Economics, Certificate in Finance &amp; Banking Advisors: Prof. Karsten Stueber, Philosophy &amp;\u00a0 Prof. Kolleen Rask, Economics Project: Max will undertake a philosophical analysis of human agency under rational choice theory &#8211; the theory in mainstream economics that human beings are fundamentally rational and use this rationality to recognize &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/2022\/06\/06\/fenwick-scholar-awarded-to-certificate-in-finance-banking-student\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fenwick Scholar Awarded to Certificate in Finance &amp; Banking Student&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,39,56,78,86,108,179,181,446],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-award","tag-banking","tag-business","tag-certificate","tag-ciocca-center","tag-congratulations","tag-fenwick-scholar","tag-finance","tag-student"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}