Cody Brandt’s research, “Impact of the Bakken Oil Boom on Employment and Wages in North Dakota,” was a selected poster presentation at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on November 1-2, 2014. He completed this research at MSUM under the direction of Economics, Law & Politics faculty member T. J. Hansen in […]
Craig Bettmann, Vice President of Client Solutions for Cogensia, visited the MSUM campus on October 27, 2014 and offered insights to students preparing for careers in industry. Mr. Bettmann reflected on courses and undergraduate and graduate school experiences that propelled him in his career path. He emphasized the importance of developing quantitative analysis and critical thinking skills in addition to […]
Zachary Machunda of the Economics, Law, & Politics department presented “World Bank’s Misuse of Cost-Benefit Analysis of Rural Water and Sanitation Projects in Sri Lanka and Nepal” at the 51st annual meeting of the Missouri Valley Economics Association in St. Louis, MO on October 24, 2014. Dr. Machunda also served as a discussant for two papers at the conference.
Dr. Steven Bolduc participated in the North Dakota Governor’s History Conference on Saturday, October 18, in Bismarck, ND. Bolduc’s and Dr. Amy Phillips’ (director of the Minot State University Social Work program at NDSU and former MSUM professor) invited presentation, “Special Delivery: The Significance of the Post Office in Rural North Dakota Communities,” surveyed some highlights of a yearlong series […]
MSUM students, Fanuel Asrat, Aba Boadu, Kofi Boadu, Cody Brandt, Jasmin Lam, Julie Maahs, Melhik Negatu, and Mira Nkulukadiele, and Economics faculty members, T. J. Hansen and Gregory Stutes, offered a workshop in conjunction with the Expanding Your Horizons Conference on April 12. The local Expanding Your Horizons Conference invites young women from Minnesota and North Dakota who are in […]