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March
2009
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18:00 PM
America/New_York

CNBC show "Mad Money w/Jim Cramer" to visit Ohio State

Through the enthusiastic efforts of several Fisher College of Business student groups, CNBC's i>Mad Money w/Jim Cramer is coming to The Ohio State University campus to tape its show at the Thurber Theatre at the Drake Union Performance Center on Wednesday, April 22.
Mad Money will air from the Ohio State campus as part of the television show's "Mad Money Back to School Tour," which has made stops on 13 college campuses across the nation. Mad Money features the fiery investment opinions of Jim Cramer and the popular "Lightning Round," in which Cramer gives his buy, sell or hold opinions on stocks to callers. The show at Ohio State will showcase students from Fisher's Student Investment Management class, who will pit their stock strategies against Cramer.

Taping will begin at 4 p.m. and students, faculty and staff will be able to attend. Tickets are required and CNBC will distribute them on a first come, first served basis to Ohio State students. Students can reserve tickets beginning March 30 on CNBC's Web site at http://madmoney.cnbc.com. Tickets will be distributed on two days at Ohio State: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 14 in the Schoenbaum Hall lobby on Fisher's campus and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 on the main floor of the Recreation and Physical Activities Center, 337 W. 17 Ave. on the Ohio State campus.

Ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top business schools in the country, The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business offers full-time, part-time and executive MBA, Master of Accounting Master of Labor and Human Resources and Master of Business Logistics Engineering programs. The college of business was started in 1916, and was named Fisher College of Business in 1993, in honor of Max M. Fisher, a noted philanthropist, industrialist and alumnus of the college.

Founded in 1870, The Ohio State University is a world-class public research university and the leading comprehensive teaching and research institution in the state of Ohio. With more than 53,000 students enrolled at its main Columbus campus, 18 colleges and 170 majors, the university offers its students exceptional breadth and depth of opportunity in the liberal arts, the sciences and the professions.