Dell, Villanova Team to Simulate Trading Floor; Facility Offers Business Students a True `Wall Street' Experience.ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Dell (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DELL) Villanova University Villanova University (vĭl'ənō`və), at Villanova, Pa., near Philadelphia; Roman Catholic; est. 1842 as a men's school, coeducational since 1967. finance students can now get a Wall Street experience without leaving Philadelphia with a technology assist from Dell. The university's College of Commerce & Finance has opened its Applied Finance Lab, a simulated trading floor combining the latest Dell technology with real-time financial data, which, among other features, enables students to analyze financial problems and see the results of their decisions in the marketplace. This state-of-the-art facility, a collaboration between Villanova University and Dell, features group work areas equipped with Dell desktop systems and flat-panel monitors, ticker ticker An automated quotation system on which security transactions are reported after they occur on an exchange floor. Even though the newer systems are electronic and no longer actually tick, the name of the old mechanical device has stuck. displays, Dell LCD TVs A flat panel TV that uses LCD technology or a rear-projection TV that is based on LCD microdisplay panels. See flat panel TV, rear-projection TV and LCD. and a Bloomberg terminal The Bloomberg Terminal is a computer system that enables financial professionals to access the Bloomberg Professional® service through which users can monitor and analyse real-time financial market data movements and place trades. displaying financial information for students to use in making financial decisions. The lab was the vision of a team of Villanova faculty and was designed by Philadelphia architect Ueland, Junker, McCauley & Nicholson. "With this facility, Villanova undergraduate and graduate finance students will be able to develop skills and learn the research tools that will truly differentiate them in today's competitive job market," said David Nawrocki, Ph.D., director, Institute for Research in Advanced Financial Technology. "With the Villanova Applied Finance Lab, we are providing students and faculty with resources and research opportunities not found in most university settings. We put classroom theory into practice on a daily basis." John Mullen, vice president of Dell's higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. business, said "intelligent classrooms" like Villanova's are equipping e·quip tr.v. e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips 1. a. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions. b. today's students with skills they'll need when they enter the workforce. "Universities are increasingly aware that integrating relevant technology into their curriculum gives students a competitive edge upon graduation, and it can give the university an edge over competing schools," Mullen said. "Today's students learn best through practical experience, and Villanova has used technology to create an impressive real-world setting for its finance students." About Villanova University Founded in 1842 by the priests and brothers of the Order of St. Augustine, Villanova University, located 12 miles west of Philadelphia, offers a wide variety of degree programs through four colleges: the College of Liberal Arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. and Sciences, the College of Commerce and Finance, the College of Engineering, and the College of Nursing. Consistently recognized for excellence, Villanova was ranked number one in the North by U.S. News and World Report for the fourteenth consecutive time in 2004. Founded in 1922, the College of Commerce & Finance at Villanova University offers its undergraduate and graduate students a unique learning environment designed to bring out the best in each student. The college helps students and faculty develop the knowledge, experience, values and capabilities needed for a lifetime of learning. In 2004, the Villanova MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration program was recognized by the Princeton Review as the third "Best Administered" MBA program, based student assessment. About Dell Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is a trusted and diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s information-technology supplier and partner, and sells a comprehensive portfolio of products and services directly to customers worldwide. Dell, recognized by Fortune magazine as America's most admired company and No. 3 globally, designs, builds and delivers innovative, tailored systems that provide customers with exceptional value. Company revenue for the past year was $49.2 billion. For more information about Dell and its products and services, visit www.dell.com. 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