On September 10th, Ms. Perliter Walters-Gilliam travelled to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City to visit the trading floor and participate in the NYSE’s Opening Bell ceremony. Ms. Walters-Gilliam, BAU’s Department Chair of Business and Economics and professor of entrepreneurship, was selected to participate as a scholar in the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women Black in Business Program. One Million Black Women is a free business education program sponsored by Goldman Sachs with the aim of driving economic opportunity for one million Black women by 2030.
Speaking about the project, Ms. Walters-Gilliam commented, “Black women face tremendous adversity, both in the business world and in their day-to-day lives – One Million Black Women is working to change that. Goldman Sachs is not simply making a contribution; this is truly an investment that will create critical opportunities and drive the economy while fighting the wealth and wage gaps faced by Black women. This is a cause I care deeply about, and I am proud to have been invited to join this project as a scholar.”
Perliter Walters-Gilliam is one of many Bay Atlantic University faculty members engaged in their industries; in fact, 95% of BAU faculty are actively involved in the fields they teach. This unique level of faculty involvement ensures that students are being educated in the latest, most up-to-date, and relevant topics, skills, and techniques. By contributing to programs like One Million Black Women, Ms. Walters-Gilliam and her colleagues are bringing the real world into the classroom at Bay Atlantic University.
