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Join FEI Detroit for our annual Academic Awards Night Dinner Meeting!
The Power of Perspective – Discover Your Strategic Edge!
Event Agenda
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.- Career Development Session, presented by Adam Klug, Managing Director at Specialized Recruiting Group.
More Info & Learning Objectives coming soon!
1 CPE Credit Offered
6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. - Networking & Cocktail Hour
6:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. - Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Each year the FEI Detroit Chapter recognizes the outstanding undergraduate and graduate students at universities in Southeastern Michigan. The following universities will be joining us for our dinner meeting to award their top undergraduate and graduate accounting/finance students that are graduating this academic year.
- Eastern Michigan University
- Lawrence Technological University
- Michigan State University
- Oakland University
- University of Detroit Mercy
- University of Michigan - Dearborn
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Walsh College
- Wayne State University
7:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. - Keynote Presentation, " “The Hidden Edge: Turn Your Disadvantage Into Your Unfair Advantage”
Featuring keynote speaker Jason Brown, Finance and Stock Market Expert, Author of Five-Year Millionaire, and Wayne State Graduate.
Most bios start with the highlight reel. “The Hidden Edge” starts with the scratches of Jason Brown, author of Five-Year Millionaire, stock market coach, and Detroit native. In this keynote, Jason pulls back the curtain on how early setbacks, bad bets, and living in houses with “bars on the windows” became the motivation for winning in life. This keynote isn’t about luck or talent; it’s about converting constraints into catalysts at school, at home, in the work place and in your personal life. Attendees will hear real, documented moments from going flat broke to standing on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and the simple systems that turned detours into data, discipline, and decisive action. Attendees leave with a repeatable framework to transform obstacles in their life into leverage—without giving up family, health, or integrity.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will learn how to spot, name, and recode their disadvantages, then apply them as a strategic edge at home, at school, in their career and personal lives.
- Instagram vs. Reality: how highlight reels create doubt and how to reset your lens for progress.
- The $2,000 lesson: when the “pros” let you down and why you must become the CEO of your life.
- Vision with a deadline: how a dated, specific plan pulls you forward when motivation fades.
- Find another door: how to pivot, stay resourceful, and keep moving toward your vision when one door closes.
1 CPE Credit Offered
Location
The Henry – Autograph Collection
Fairlane Plaza
300 Town Center Dr.
Dearborn, MI 48126
Map / Directions
Dress Code
Business Casual
Menu
To Be Announced
Please indicate dietary restrictions during registration or contact detroit.chapter@financialexecutives.org as soon as possible.
Last day to Register: February 16, 2026
Cost
- FEI Detroit Chapter Members: Free
- Chapter Strategic Partners: Free
- Academic Awards Winners & Schools Deans/Presenters: Free
- Student Guest or School Guest Fee: $60
- Qualified Prospective-Members: Free - CODE REQUIRED; contact detroit.chapter@financialexecutives.org for qualified membership criteria and to register.
- Non-Strategic Partner Guests, Significant Others - $95
- Additional Strategic Partner Representative - $250
*Please note: This fee applies to each strategic partner representative attending the event over the maximum allowed within a partner's sponsorship level. Please contact FEI Detroit administrator to assess registrations for your organization.
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