The college had a bulletin board contest for the various student organizations. The Economic Student Association took 3rd place (the cash prize will help pay for our trip to St. Louis we're planning). The Finance Club took 1st, but I really shouldn't complain since one of the items on their bulletin board was a sign advertising my talk to their club earlier this week.
Also this week, I heard from a former WIU student now studying for her Ph.D. in economics that she has passed both her comprehensive exams...with a "high pass" in macro. Since I taught both her macro classes in our M.A. program, I am delighted to hear that news. She did both her B.A. and M.A. at WIU.
Another former student of mine recently returned from a semester at Oxford. Still another student is in the running for a very prestigious award. Hopefully he'll find out about that soon.
Not to mention that I have some really bright students this semester as well. Could be one of my best groups yet (compared to any place I've been). We've got some really good econ majors, and some good finance majors getting a minor in econ (a very good and increasingly popular combination here).
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