Centers for Economic Education
ACEE provides development, marketing, and resource management, to fund and supply workshops and seminars conducted by our university-based Centers for Economic Education: Jacksonville State University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Troy University at Dothan, Athens State University. and University of Alabama at Huntsville. All trainings are conducted by university and college professors or certified, elite level Master Teachers. Through its Centers, ACEE has provided training to hundreds of public and private school teachers throughout the State to the benefit of the children of Alabama.
Athens State University (Designation pending)
Center Director: Dr. William Wilkes, Professor of Economics
Focus:
Special projects: Pre-service teacher training
Mailing Address:
College of Business
Athens State University
300 North Beaty Street
Athens, AL 35611-1999
Contact: Bill.Wilkes@athens.edu
Workshops and Seminars: TBA
Jacksonville State University (Designation pending)
Center Director: Dr. Cynthia S. McCarty, Associate Professor of Economics
Focus: Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise Education
Special projects:
Mailing Address:
Center for Business and Free Enterprise Education
Jacksonville State University
Dept. of Economics and Finance
700 Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602
Contact: cmccarty@jsucc.jsu.edu
Workshops and Seminars: TBA
Troy University at Dothan Affiliation approved March 2007! Welcome to our new Center for Economic Education!
Center Director: Dr. M. Lane Boyte, Assistant Professor of Economics
Focus: Globalization
Special projects: Presentation to the Kiwanis of Dothan.
Mailing Address:
Center for Econ Ed, Troy University at Dothan Campus
500 University Drive, Adams 205
Dothan, AL 36303
Contact: mboyte@troy.edu
Workshops and Seminars: Watch this space!
Recently
Lane Boyte, Ph.D, Professor of Economics, Sorrell College of Business at Troy University met with the WCC-Sparks Campus Upward Bound participants on June 13, 2007.
The class began by reviewing the annual earnings of young adults over the last thirty years in various categories such as with a high school diploma, some college, and with a Bachelor's degree or higher.
Dr. Boyte explained credit card pitfalls and gave practical advice on being savvy credit card users. Stopping by to thank Dr. Boyte for speaking to the group were (l-r) Traford Daniels, Kayla Person, Dr. Boyte, Nicole Hollins, and Jamey Jackson.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Center Director: Dr. Sarah E. Culver, Associate Professor of Economics
Focus: Training for new and inexperienced teachers
Special projects: The Alabama Economics Challenge, International Study Tour from the [Republic of] Georgia.
Mailing Address:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Business and Engineering Complex, # 203C
1530 Tenth Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-4460
Contact: sculver@uab.edu
Workshops and Seminars: Held at the Federal Reserve Bank, Birmingham Branch
