The Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) was recently recognized by the Mississippi Business Journal as an outstanding 2019 Mississippi Non-profit Organization.  The purpose of the awards are to honor the professionals and organizations who continue to make a positive impact on the community.  The organization was honored at an event on Thursday, November 21.  A publication will be released showcasing the MCEE and other organizations selected for this recognition.

Susan Doty was inducted into the Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Hall of Fame.  Susan currently serves as Director of the Center for Economic Education at the University of Texas in Tyler.  She was inducted into the MCEE Hall of Fame as she was the Founding Director of the Center for Economic Education at the University of Southern Mississippi.  The road was paved for MCEE and the USM Center thanks to Center founders such as Susan.  Susan was at USM in the days following Hurricane Katrina.  As part of the rebuilding after this storm, Susan spent many hours and much energy building the following MCEE has from MS Coast teachers.  MCEE still enjoys this level of engagement today.  

This June, the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (CEEE) at the University of Delaware's Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics hosted the State of Delaware's first Economic Education Conference. During the conference, Veronica Marine, a business teacher at Middletown High School, received the inaugural Bonnie T. Meszaros Economic Educator of the Year Award in front of over 100 of her peers. This award recognizes one Delaware teacher who demonstrates a sustained history of commitment and contribution to economic education. It was created and named in honor of Meszaros, associate director of the CEEE, for her over 45 years of service to the CEEE and economic education in Delaware. Nominees are evaluated on teaching, professional learning and economic program development.

Paul Grimes, dean of the Kelce College of Business, has been inducted into the Mississippi Council on Economic Education Hall of Fame.  https://magazine.pittstate.edu/2019/grimes-inducted-into-hall-of-fame/

Paul Grimes

Grimes (’79 BS, ’80 MS) is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Mississippi State University, where he worked for 25 years before joining the faculty at PSU.

His international economic education work includes projects in Russia, Paraguay, South Africa, and Indonesia, and he’s the author of more than 100 scholarly research publications, and is editor-in-chief of The American Economist.

In the early 2000s, he helped to re-establish the Mississippi Council for Economic Education and was the founding director of the Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy. Under his leadership, the center won an award from the National Council for Economic Education in 2008 for outstanding and innovative programs.

Grimes credited colleagues with contributing to a shared success.

“I am very honored and humbled to receive this recognition,” he said. “Throughout my academic career I have been extremely fortunate to be the right places at the right times and to be surrounded by the right people who have helped me on the way.”

 

Thanks to Elena Zee from the Arizona Council for creating this document!

Jennifer Davidson, NAEE President-elect, is being recognized as a woman of character, courage and commitment at the 12th Annual Women's History Month Banquet on March 7, Lincoln, NE.

SmartPath in Texas was mentioned by a San Antonio Newspaper.

https://www.expressnews.com/business/business_columnists/michael_taylor/article/We-do-a-terrible-job-teaching-kids-personal-13578951.php

Representing NAEE, Julie Heath appeared on the Better Business Bureau's podcast, Doing Business Better series. She spoke on the economic impact of the recent shutdown. Check it out here.

Abdullah Al‐Bahrani , Jamie Weathers , Darshak Patel

First published: 07 June 2018

https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12205

We examine financial literacy and the returns to financial literacy education, specifically focusing on the racial financial literacy gap. We confirm evidence that whites have higher financial literacy scores relative to minorities and that financial literacy increases with participation in financial literacy education. However, we find the benefit of participation in financial literacy education is higher for whites than that for minorities. Thus, the impact of being white alone persists, indicating a racial financial literacy and/or behavioral difference despite financial literacy education. Our findings have implications for policymakers interested in narrowing the racial wealth gap via financial literacy education.