NMU Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship

09/24/2023

Upcoming Workshop 10-20-2023

09/15/2022

We are very excited to co-host this great virtual event:
The Constitution: A Love Hate Relationship
Thursday Sept. 15 at 7:00pm (ET). Follow the link to register. Please spread the world. Hope that you could join us.

John Stossel, The Constitution: A Love Hate Relationship

08/10/2022

The MI Civics Coalition is so excited to launch the 2022 Listening Tour! Our first stop will be in Marquette on August 12th!

Parents, educators, professionals, retirees, students we invite you ALL to gather and discuss civic engagement in our communities! The vision of the coalition is; Together we can work to build a Michigan where every person has the opportunities, knowledge, and skills to participate meaningfully in the civic life of their community. We need to hear from you, so we are touring the state this Fall!

What does civic engagement look like in your community? Who are the stakeholders in your city or county who make a real impact on the state of civic engagement? We need to hear from you. Join us in Marquette, Friday August 12th 3:30 - 4:30 pm at the Peter White Public Library - 2nd Floor Shiras Room. RSVP Here, but feel free to join even if you have not sent an RSVP!

Invite others as well you could print a couple of the attached flyers and share them in your spaces. Community bulletin boards, restaurant counters or the front desk. We need as many voices, from as many parts of our community as possible. Who do you know? Where could you share this opportunity?

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon!

MI Civics Coalition Members*

Kelita Bak, Sacred Heart-NYLC
Derek D'Angelo, Michigan COuncil on Economic Education
Rachael Drenovsky, Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center
Angela Graham, Fetzer
Tom Hinken, Muskegon Area Intermediate School District
David Johnson, Michigan Social Studies Supervisors Association
Melissa Kiesewetter, MDCR
Scott Koenig, MDE
Jeff Kupperman, InGlobal Learning Design
Jane Lo, MSU College of Ed
Lydia Mitchell, YMCA Youth in Government
Doug Ross, Former State Representative
Jennifer Rumschlag, U of D Mercy
Tamara Shreiner, GVSU and MCHE
Clare Shubert, Gerald R. Ford Foundation
Rick Treur, Congressman Peter Meijer’s Office
Ellen Zwarensteyn, Michigan Center for Civic Engagement
*The MI Civics Coalition is always growing! Are you interested in taking part in the work of the coalition, join us here!

11/10/2021

The Economics Student Association with the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, as part of the YOUR WEALTH lecture series, bring to NMU a seminar on Corporate Welfare.
Corporate Welfare, “financial assistance, as tax breaks or subsidies, given by the government to profit-making companies, especially large corporations.”
Program:
- Documentary: Corporate Welfare: Where's the Outrage?
Hosted by Free To Choose Media Executive Editor and Cato Senior Fellow Johan Norberg, the documentary examines America’s system of farm subsidies, Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Big Oil subsidies, government policies, and tax breaks for big business, and offers a perspective of the 2008 financial crash from the viewpoint of a banker caught in the middle. The program takes viewers across America to talk with individuals whose lives and livelihood have been directly affected by corporate welfare.
- Speaker: Michael Van Beek
Michael Van Beek is the director of research for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He has authored several studies for the Center as well as analysis and commentaries that have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, The Grand Rapids Press, The Oakland Press and elsewhere.
November 17, 2021, 5:00 - 6:30 pm. Room: West Science 2902

10/21/2021

With NMU Economics Student Association we are co hosting this event tonight at 8PM in Gries Hall 325 as part of the Your Wealth Lecture Series. Just come and join us or register here: https://www.hammondinstitute.org/the-state-of-the-liberal-project-october-2021

06/28/2021

CEE's Financial Literacy & Economic Education Conference is the nation’s premier event for K-12 educators that want to integrate personal finance and economics into their classrooms.
Discover innovative ways to engage your students while networking with like-minded colleagues.

The early bird discount expires Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Please secure your seat at the virtual Financial Literacy & Economic Education Conference by Wednesday to save 20% off the standard registration rate for K-12 educators
View the agenda for an overview of our live educator workshops to help you improve your impact and confidence in the classroom.

CEE's 60th Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference

06/24/2021

Dr. Hugo Eyzaguirre, Director of the NMU-CEEE, receives the Patrica Elder International Award from the National Association of Economic Educators.

05/04/2021

Are teachers financially secure? Could they use a little help from their Friends?
When: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 6:00 PM, EDT
Where: Virtual via Zoom
Register: https://naee.net/event-4277770

This session addresses financial context affecting K-12 public, private schools, and charter school teachers. Using teacher case studies, the participants discuss best financial practices. The session concludes by posing the following question: Should financial educators increase their efforts to provide financial basics to K-12 teachers? If so, what are some promising strategies to consider?

This session addresses financial context affecting K-12 public, private schools, and charter school teachers. The session highlights a recent survey of over 200 teachers regarding their views toward becoming financially secure. Teachers say they can be financially fit but it is a challenge. Using te...

04/26/2021

And he’s headed to WVU to start his PhD in Economics this fall! 👏

Ryan Meister of Walled Lake, Mich., has been named the Northern Michigan University Economics Department 2020-21 outstanding graduating senior. He will graduate May 1, having earned the scholastic recognition of Magna Cum Laude.

11/04/2020

For your students!
The Foundation for Economic Education is hosting an Entrepreneur Week--a FREE 4-day online event from November 16 to November 19 at 5 p.m. EST featuring talks, panels, and Q&As from CEOs, entrepreneurs, earth-shattering innovators, and creative self-starters of all types—giving young adults the tools and resources to succeed in mapping out their career and life path.

Live online events will feature dynamite speakers like heavyweight boxer Ed Latimore, YouTube star Kevin Lieber (VSauce2), Eisner-award winning artist Afua Richardson (Marvel’s World of Wakanda, HBO’s Lovecraft Country), Senegalese entrepreneur and motivational speaker Magatte Wade, investor and author John Chisolm and more! Best of all, the event is FREE with registration.

Entrepreneur Week will feature 4 days with unique themes, specifically tailored to help aspiring students achieve their highest potential.

Those interested can sign up for one session, two sessions, or all of them! Each session will last approximately 60–90 minutes and will feature 2-5 speakers with an array of styles—such as Ted Talk formats, panel discussions, and plenty of open Q&A for students to pick the brains of the people they want to become.

Interested students can register at FEE.org/classroom/eweek and share with others who are ready to spark their creative mindset!

Get inspired, get creative, get paid, and get started living your best life today by attending our empowering free 4-day event.

10/27/2020

Greetings,
One benefit of the current situation is the increased availability of professional development opportunities on-line. I am sharing with you today, the offerings of the Foundation for Teaching Economics. I'm providing the link where you can see what's available and how to register. For example, a course that we have brought to the UP in the past, Fundamentals of Environmental Economics, is being offered in early November. Attending the course provides a $200 stipend.

https://www.fte.org/teachers/teacher-programs/sites-and-dates/

Also, many organizations have increased their inventory of teaching materials. The first link below provides materials that correspond to the content standards developed by the Council for Economic Education that most states (including Michigan) follow.

https://www.econlib.org/library/Topics/HighSchool/HighSchoolTopics.html

The Marginal Revolution University website from renowned economists Cowen and Tabarrok include now a HS section with plenty of materials.

https://mru.org/high-school-teaching-resources

Finally, the Foundation for Economic Education has launched a program called FEE in the classroom ("Bring Top College Professors to your School").

https://fee.org/

Hope this information is of help to you in these difficult times. Please share with others that could benefit from it.

The Foundation for Economic Education, founded in 1946, is the world's top destination for young people to learn the crucial role of entrepreneurs and the importance of free markets.