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Visiting Scholar Geoffrey Harris

Visiting scholar and economist, Professor Geoffrey Harris from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, sat down for a question and answer session about his work to build a commitment to nonviolent resolution to conflict and the skills needed to accomplish it. Question and Answer Session. Professor Harris' Web site.

Getting Entrepreneurial

Coins and Globe

Student Opportunities at CEEE Many opportunities exist for NMU students at the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, including internships, community presentations and more.
CEEE Web site

How entrepreneurial are you?
Test your risk-taking attitude, business know-how and understanding of economic impacts by taking this self evaluation (pdf).

News and Information

	NMU economics faculty award one major or minor a two-volume copy of Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, for the best performance in both EC 401 (Intermediate Microeconomics) and EC 402 (Intermediate Macroeconomics). Learn more
	Professor Tawni Ferrarini is Northern's Sam M. Cohodas Scholar for economic development in the Upper Peninsula. She will work with the campus community and regional organizations to research economic activity for others to use to develop plans for enhancing the U.P. economy. Full Story

A Cool Group to Join
The Economic Student Association focuses on organizing and discussing economic issues outside of the classroom. Membership is open to all students regardless of academic major or concentration. Along with economics majors and minors, the group’s current members include students studying education, business, history and art. Check us out. Contact ESA

A Cool Group to Join

The Economic Student Association focuses on organizing and discussing economic issues outside of the classroom. Membership is open to all students regardless of academic major or concentration. Along with economics majors and minors, the group’s current members include students studying education, business, history and art. Check us out.

Contact ESA

Majoring/Minoring in Economics
Think economics is the kind of major or minor that will leave you desperate for a job after graduation? Think again. If you are a master at understanding complicated economic factors, you’re the kind of employee these fields are looking for: government and politics law foreign service intelligence agencies economic and budget forecasting banking and financial advising stocks and securities venture capitalism and commodities marketing, sales and general business real estate insurance media education

Majoring/Minoring in Economics

Majoring or Minoring in Economics?

Think economics is the kind of major or minor that will leave you desperate for a job after graduation? Think again. If you are a master at understanding complicated economic factors, you’re the kind of employee these fields are looking for:

government and politics
law
foreign service
intelligence agencies
economic and budget forecasting
banking and financial advising
stocks and securities
venture capitalism and commodities
marketing, sales and general business
real estate
insurance
media
education