SUNY Oswego's Eyub Yegen named Student Fellow for big-data project

2013 Dec 4

SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher has named SUNY Oswego senior Eyub Yegen of Schwaebisch, Germany, majoring in both finance and applied mathematical economics major and minoring in applied statistics, a Student Fellow -- one of only eight designated to help shape the 64-campus university system's use of big data.

"The ability to manage and accurately analyze data is a skill that is increasingly important in today's marketplace," said Zimpher. "Learning from experts from across the globe at (an October) conference, the SUNY student fellows will play a critical role in helping SUNY to educate and prepare future generations of students for this challenge.

"Selected by their campus provosts for this designation, our student fellows have each shown an interest in and capacity for using big data to enhance their academic and professional pursuits, and we are proud to partner with them as we determine the best uses for big data in the future of higher education."

Yegen, who also is a part-time student at Harvard University's Extension School, is a 2013 Financial Management Association Collegiate Fellow. His goal is to pursue a doctorate in finance to develop an in-depth understanding of how to use financial tools to solve socioeconomic problems. Yegen is a senator-at-large for the Student Association at Oswego, president of three clubs on campus and serves on the School of Business Student Advisory Council.

Last summer, he was invited to become a financial and statistical research intern at the Turkish Grameen Microfinance Program, where he assisted the organization by analyzing their big-data set. Yegen also worked on social business projects with students from Brown University and Cambridge University.

Named a Student Fellow with Yegen was SUNY Oswego junior Erika Wilson, majoring in applied mathematics and minoring in applied statistics, along with peers from University at Buffalo, Buffalo State, Cayuga Community College, Cornell University and Old Westbury.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top public regional universities in the North for 2014, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2014 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges," as well as its 2013 list of "best value" colleges and universities nationally.

A 152-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls about 8,000 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.