‘The Prairie Post Office’ receives top honors from North Dakota Library Association

The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota took top honors in the Notable State Government Documents Award from the North Dakota Library Association. The book will now advance to the national level for consideration at the American Library Association. Written by Amy Phillips (formerly MSUM Social Work) and Steven Bolduc (Economics), with photography by Wayne […]

Hansen among researchers hosted by the USDA Economic Research Service 

Dr. T. J. Hansen, Department of Economics, Law & Politics, attended the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Conference in Washington, D.C. August 5-8, 2018. In conjunction with the conference, she participated in the workshop, “Making the Most of Federal Data: Combining Data for Economic Analysis,” hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.

Personal finance blog written by alumnus recognized by Feedspot

Money Health, a personal finance blog written by MSU Moorhead Economics alumnus Derek Hagen ’05, has been named a Top 100 Personal Finance Blog and Top 15 Financial Education Blog by Feedspot. The rankings were based on Google reputation and Google search ranking, influence and popularity in social media, quality and consistency of posts, and Feedspot’s editorial team and expert […]

Flores accepted for publication by The Journal of Economic Insight

Oscar Flores had the paper “The Impact of Participation in Learning Communities on Academic Performance at a Regional, Public University” accepted for publication by The Journal of Economic Insight. Flores finds that students who participate in Learning Communities (LC) have higher GPAs than students with similar characteristics who do not participate in LC. In addition, it is found that student-athletes […]