ECONOMICS & FINANCE at MTSU

ECFN's FMA club is proud to host Daniel Crews. Learn about his fascinating career in the finance industry this Tuesday, February 6, at 5:00 p.m.

Thanks to Anna Larson and Jacklynn Hopper from the Garrett Companies, who talked to our real estate finance students. It was great learning about one of the fastest-growing private companies in North America!

Another successful meeting for MTSU's Investment Club. The club develops portfolio strategies that will eventually be applied to our portfolio managed by our Investment Challenge class (FIN 4900/5900) in the Spring. Good luck, team!

Calling all JCOB students interested in Finance -- scan the QR code or contact bag5q@mtmail.mtsu.edu and ewr2p@mtmail.mtsu.edu for more information on the FMA club!

The Blue Raider Finance Network thanks Elliot Brewer (CFA) of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System for his workshop "Investing 101."

Congrats to Lurin Eltiti for being selected as the Jack O. Weatherford scholarship winner. The scholarship recognizes finance students with both exceptional scholarship and outstanding leadership qualities.

Congrats to Silas Freeze for being selected as an "Exceptional Graduating Senior in Economics." The award recognizes seniors with exceptional scholarship (grades) and outstanding leadership qualities while at MTSU.

MTSU's TVA Investment Challenge stock portfolio returned 10.28%, outperforming the benchmark S&P 500 Index by 2.4%. Please join us in celebrating our student's excellent performance!

ECFN students attended the DEEP program Capstone Ceremony at the Nashville Branch of the Atlanta FED. ECON club members Luisa, Olicia, Hannah, and Christina were awarded certificates of program completion by the Atlanta FED and their professional program mentors

THE ECONOMICS CLUB SPRING 23 MEETING Friday, April 14, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. Location: BAS 326 (SunTrust Room)

Almost 200 MTSU students learned practical strategies for building a solid financial foundation from our keynote speaker Anthony O'Neal. Thank you to Ascend Federal Credit Union for sponsoring our Financial Literacy Week and our students with additional scholarships. #finlit

MTSU students from Gamma Iota Sigma Omega participated in the WSIA (Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association) Education Foundation's Extreme Risk Takers Symposium in Chicago! Congrats to Presley Hamby who was awarded a WSIA summer internship. @MTSU_Business, @MTSUNews

ECFN’s Steven Sprick Schuster co-authored an interesting report on the effectiveness of prison education programs. #MTSU, @MTSU_Business, @PERIatMTSU, @MTSU_ECFN mtsunews.com/sprick-schuste…

Ph.D. candidate Yolunda Nabors was named the university’s first recipient of the Tennessee Doctoral Scholar fellowship, a Tennessee Higher Education Commission award. mtsunews.com/economics-phd-…

We're happy to announce that MTSU’s economics graduate program at the MTSU Jennings A. Jones College of Business has made the U.S. News & World Report ranking of top U.S. programs for the first time! lnkd.in/e85mum6D

Professor Ben Janson recently appeared on @WGNSRadio to discuss his research paper "Cash Flow Growth and Stock Returns." mtsunews.com/wgns-action-li…

Congratulations to this year's Outstanding Dale Carnegie Trainer Award winner: Dr. Greg Nagel. #jonescollege #dalecarnegie #softskills @MTSU_ECFN

Congratulations to PERI PhD Fellow, Dr. Emilia Suggs!

Congratulations to Patricia Hummel who successfully defended her undergraduate honors thesis in economics and rang the bells in @MTSUHonors!

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 @MTSU_Business faculty and staff awards! Two of our PERI members were among the winners: ➤ Bill & Kathy Jones Outstanding Professor Award: Dr. Dan Smith (ECFN) ➤ E.W. “Wink” Midgett Award of Excellence: Dr. Tammy Waymire (ACTG)