51ÁÔÆæ

Gary Hoover participated in a session with Nobel Prize laureates, the Dali Lama, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Al Gore. Gary spoke on the economics of inequality.

Past students publishing together indicates a productive network of scholars.

John Bitzan (PhD 1997) has recently been appointed the Director of the Shelia and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth at North Dakota State University.

Taggart (TJ) Brooks (PhD 1999) has been named as Interim Dean of the Business School at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.

The 51ÁÔÆæ Economics Department is the major source of economics PhDs for the state of Wisconsin. 

Two 51ÁÔÆæ grads publish in a journal edited by a third.

Ali begins as Asst. Prof at George Washington University. Kristen continues as Associate Commissioner at BLS.

Three past 51ÁÔÆæ graduates found themselves presenting at a Conference in Texas and wrote home to tell us.

We caught up with Michael Spanbauer (BA 2013).