Here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - students manage a real stock portfolio like a mutual fund at an investment firm.
It’s called the Student-Managed Investment Learning Experience Fund - or SMILE Fund - at the Gary W. Rollins College of Business - and the fund has a real client, the UC Foundation.
Reese Veltenaar, a College of Business alum, is on The SMILE Fund’s advisory board.
![Reese Veltenaar](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fdfa617/2147483647/strip/true/crop/487x492+0+0/resize/880x889!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F32%2F9d%2F086bd5ff4ca6a19994155af8c043%2Freese.jpg)
Acumen Wealth Advisors
He’s co-founder and managing partner of Acumen Wealth Advisors here in Chattanooga.
Grant Allen - an alum of UTC and The SMILE Fund - is a portfolio manager and partner at Acumen.
![Grant Allen](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5052c50/2147483647/strip/true/crop/588x584+0+0/resize/880x874!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7b%2F84%2F1d70c68340be916e9178604f11ac%2Fgrantallen.jpg)
Acumen Wealth Advisors