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U.P. Economic Growth Opportunities

Despite today's U.S. economic picture, there are economic growth opportunities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. NMU Professor Tawni Hunt Ferrarini outlined the past, present and possible future to 2015 recently for Operation Action Upper Peninsula. Full presentation

Web Sites for Economics Educators


MCEE	CEE	Other Web sites

Other Resources


Common Sense Economics	CEEE Facebook	Online Learning

Center Partnerships

	Encourage your school district to become a member of the Developmental Economic Education Partners (DEEP) network. DEEP members are school districts that make a commitment to integrating economics and entrepreneurship in their curriculum. DEEP Partners
	Teachers and administrators can play a key role in advancing economics and entrepreneurship learning into the curriculum of schools across the Upper Peninsula by serving as an educator associate who trains and works with other teachers. EA Partners
	The NMU-CEEE facilitated the publication of No Social Studies Left Behind. The book was written by Iris Katers, a teacher at Marquette’s Graveraet Intermediate School, and printed at NMU. Two Northern students, Kim Wheeler and ReAnna Ruzzicone, assisted with writing and editing the book.

Special Piggy Banks
The Center assisted retired school teachers Iris Katers, Jean Hetrick, Cheryl Anderegg and Esther Macalady in writing an article for the Marquette Mining Journal on how grandparents can teach their grandchildren about financial management through a wide variety of ways. One of the suggestions was to create a homemade baking system with plastic containers or piggy banks labeled save, donate, spend and invest. The article states, “The lifelong process of responsible personal finance can begin at a very early age, and grandparents can give this lasting gift.”

Special Piggy Banks

The Center assisted retired school teachers Iris Katers, Jean Hetrick, Cheryl Anderegg and Esther Macalady in writing an article for the Marquette Mining Journal on how grandparents can teach their grandchildren about financial management through a wide variety of ways. One of the suggestions was to create a homemade baking system with plastic containers or piggy banks labeled save, donate, spend and invest. The article states, “The lifelong process of responsible personal finance can begin at a very early age, and grandparents can give this lasting gift.”

Piggy bank

Show Me the Money
The center helped sponsor the "Show Me the Money" Workshop in November with special guest D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas. This interactive event for teachers and students in grades 6-12 featured hands-on activities such as Monopoly on the Rez, a unique game that teaches economics, entrepreneurship and money management to Native people and others from a Native cultural perspective, as well as “The Tiny Warrior Chooses” and “The Tiny Warrior’s Path to Financial Success”. Watch for details for upcoming workshops.

Show Me the Money

DJ Vanas The center helped sponsor the "Show Me the Money" Workshop in November with special guest D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas. This interactive event for teachers and students in grades 6-12 featured hands-on activities such as Monopoly on the Rez, a unique game that teaches economics, entrepreneurship and money management to Native people and others from a Native cultural perspective, as well as “The Tiny Warrior Chooses” and “The Tiny Warrior’s Path to Financial Success”. Watch for details for upcoming workshops.

How entrepreneurial are you?
Find out by taking our self evaluation. Test your risk-taking attitude, business know-how and understanding of economic impacts. Self Evaluation

NMU Student Opportunities
Many different types of opportunities exist for Northern Michigan University students at the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, including: Internships Pre-service workshops for education majors Materials development Community presentations To learn more, go to Student Opportunities

NMU Student Opportunities

Many different types of opportunities exist for Northern Michigan University students at the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, including:

Internships
Pre-service workshops for education majors
Materials development
Community presentations

To learn more, go to Student Opportunities

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