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By Ian Wesselhoff Dr. John Swinton, professor of economics at Georgia College & State University, has always liked to swim against the tide.Through Georgia College’s GC2Y seminar program, Swinton saw an opportunity to showcase economic thinking in a way that no one else was. He took a semester-long sabbatical to develop the course ‘Global Perspectives: Shrimp Economy,’ designed for students of any major.“When I put this together, it wasn’t like I was just nuts about shrimp,” Swinton...

by Kylie RoweThe Department of Economics & Finance sent six students to present their undergraduate research at the Academy of Economics and Finance Conference on Feb. 13 in Pensacola, Florida. The College of Business & Technology students who participated in the conference are: Sam Kinney, Joe Dubsky, Solomon Ashu, Steven Hershberger, Izzy DeFelice and Michaeline Schmeelk.These students spent a year studying topics they formulated themselves and conducting research under the mentorship...

by Kristen SimpsonThe $100,000 given to the Student Managed Investments Committee at Georgia College & State University is officially invested.The new student organization is made up of an executive leadership board and 10 managing directors who oversee groups of 3-4 student analysts. To become a member, each student had to interview with leadership and complete a test of their financial knowledge.“I’ve learned a lot about financial modeling, which has allowed me to teach other students...

The Georgia College & State University Foundation allocated $100,000 to a new club, the GCSU Student Managed Investments Committee.   Led by five leadership board members, the new student group will complete internal analysis and pitch ideas for investing their fund to Georgia College’s Foundation Board of Trustees and the Finance and Investment Committee. “We are proud to make an investment in these students that will result in giving them workforce skills in a competitive market,”...

Finance major Sofia Legoff Flores is ready to jump with both feet into life at Georgia College & State University. The Columbus High School graduate is already familiar with campus. Legoff attended the first Multicultural Student Leadership Conference at Georgia College last year, and she was awarded a presidential scholarship at the President’s Scholarship Competition. The MSLC is a program that introduces students to leadership through interactive sessions, student panels and collaborative...

Colin Adams, ’23, just received his undergraduate degrees in economics and finance at Georgia College & State University. As he attends Florida State University to pursue his master’s and Ph.D. in economics, Adams will not forget the lessons he learned here.  “I was lucky to be a supplemental instruction leader with the Learning Center at Georgia College,” he said. “I discovered I liked helping students by facilitating their learning and enjoyed planning for sessions—all aspects of...

One of twelve winners nationwide, senior finance and economics double-major Lauren Moskowitz has received Charles Schwab’s Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) Talent Advantage (RIATA) Student Scholarship. In its second year, the scholarship provides student winners $10,000 for the 2022-2023 academic year and matches them with a senior advisor for mentoring. The scholarship is supposed to decrease financial barriers for students, advocate diversity and widen the talent pool within the...

Before commencement every year, each college of the university selects an outstanding student to receive a medallion commemorating their undergraduate achievement. This year, Savannah Taylor, senior economics and world languages and cultures double-major, won two. The College of Business (COB) and College of Arts and Sciences (COAS) both awarded Taylor their 2022 Outstanding Student Awards. She was also named Georgia College’s Newman Civic Fellow earlier in the year. “There are so...

Even though they were eliminated later, a team of five students were the first from Georgia College to advance to the second round of the Southern Classic Research Challenge, a sub-regional competition in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge. The annual, global competition rigorously tests university students on their analytical, valuation, report writing and presentation skills. As part of the Southern Classic sub-region, students from Georgia College...