NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM), the nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college company, will ring the Nasdaq stock market opening bell on Monday, Dec. 12 to commemorate the company’s fifth anniversary of being listed on Nasdaq and its continued commitment to helping millions of families make the dream of higher education a reality.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Raymond Quinlan, along with company executives and members of the Board of Directors, will be joined by four students who each received a Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Scholarship. The Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Scholarship recipients, Bryana Blanco of Pembroke Pines, Fla., Kendal Cooney, of Camden, Mich., Quinton Lopez of Canoga Park, Calif., and Kayla Pinzur of Brewster, N.Y. exemplify excellence both inside and outside the classroom and overcame significant obstacles to make college happen.
In addition to the Bridging the Dream Scholarship, this year Sallie Mae introduced new products to help families save for college, launched initiatives that encourage families to plan for college, conducted research on how families save and pay for college, partnered to create materials to help families understand and manage credit, and continued to offer competitive private education loans for students and now parents to cover any gaps in college financing. The company is also investing millions to enhance multiple aspects of the customer experience from application through repayment, including a new web site and mobile payment app and has moved all private education loan customer service to the United States.
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Sallie Mae Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Raymond Quinlan |
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| Company Executives, Members of the Board of Directors | ||||
| Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Scholarship Recipients | ||||
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Sallie Mae will ring the Nasdaq stock market opening bell to commemorate the company’s fifth anniversary listed on Nasdaq and its continued commitment to helping millions of families make the dream of higher education a reality. | |||
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A live stream of the Nasdaq Opening Bell will be available at: https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live or http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx |
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Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 | |||
| 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET | ||||
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Nasdaq MarketSite | |||
| 4 Times Square | ||||
| 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio | ||||
| New York, NY 10036 | ||||
About Nasdaq
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to more than 3,700 listed companies with a market value of $10.0 trillion and approximately 18,000 corporate clients. To learn more, visit: nasdaq.com/ambition or business.nasdaq.com.
About Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae (NASDAQ: SLM) is the nation’s saving, planning, and paying for college company. Whether college is a long way off or just around the corner, Sallie Mae offers products that promote responsible personal finance, including private education loans, Upromise rewards, scholarship search, college financial planning tools, and online retail banking. Learn more at SallieMae.com. Commonly known as Sallie Mae, SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.
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