Economic students presented at the 42nd Annual Eastern Economics Association meeting

Myinoluwa Abiola, Economics major, and Dirk Jasperse, a double major in Economics and Political Science, presented at the undergraduate student sessions (IPE sessions) of the 42nd Annual Eastern Economics Association meetings in Washington, DC. Abiola studied MBA school rankings in US News and World report affect the number of applications while Jasperse studied the impact that children’s program events have […]

Flores and Hansen published in economic studies journal

Oscar Flores and T.J. Hansen, Economics, had the paper “The Impact of Local Economic Conditions on the Retention of College Freshman at Regional, Public Universities in the United States” published in the December issue of Regional, Sectoral, and Economic Studies. Using six years of data for 180 public universities with a master Carnegie classification, Flores and Hansen, find support for […]

Oscar Flores and Tonya Jo Hansen to have paper featured in Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies journal

Oscar Flores and Tonya Jo Hansen, Economics, had a paper accepted for publication in the journal Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies. The paper “The Impact of Local Conditions on the Retention of College Freshman Across Regional, Public Universities in the United States” studies factors that may explain differences in retention rates across public, regional universities across the country.

Model UN Team Competes At Mankato

The Model United Nations team, coached by Andrew Conteh, had an excellent performance in the 2009 Model UN Arrowhead Region Competition in Mankato April 16-19. Mitch Biebighauser received Honorable Mention for Costa Rica’s opening policy statement. Mitch Biebighauser and Cody Frovarp were awarded Best Delegate in the Political and Security committee to Costa Rica. The Best Delegate award was presented […]