Maurice Bennett '06

Maurice Bennett served a summer internship in equity sales and trading at Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, which led to a position with the company.

Everything and 100 times more

My Lafayette experience has included everything I could have asked for and 100 times more. From the first moment I stepped onto Lafayette’s campus as a fulltime student-athlete, I knew that history was in the making. The football team prior to the entry of the class of 2006 only managed a lackluster four victories in a two-year span. However, under the direction of head coach Frank Tavani, teams with members from the classes of 2005, 2006, and 2007 managed to defeat Lehigh on the way to two consecutive Patriot League championships.

Academically, my Lafayette experience has been both challenging and rewarding, while stretching my imagination to the limit and beyond. My academic curriculum has included a variety of writing courses, independent studies, labs, and economic courses, all of which have culminated in a senior thesis. Professors at Lafayette are highly qualified and capable educators that make their students’ best interests their number one priority. Under the direction of Susan Averett and Sheila Handy, I am currently preparing my thesis “Racial Wealth in America: Why Whites Build It and Blacks Don’t.” Upon concluding my research I hope to add to the field of wealth discrimination and poverty in America.

Off the field and out of the classroom, my experiences at Lafayette have been just as rewarding. I have had the opportunity to serve as a peer mentor, spend time at the Boys and Girls Club of Easton, and volunteer as a tax preparer at the Easton library. Lafayette’s career services counselors have also played a vital role in shaping my future. With their help I’ve been able to participate in a number of externships and internships, one of which included a summer on Wall Street and a job offer as an equity sales and trading analyst for Credit Suisse.