Category: FTE Blog

Staff Spotlight – Jamie Wagner
FTE is known nationally for its emphasis on active learning and the engaging activities and lessons used to teach economics.…

Staff Spotlight – John Kessler
My name is John Kessler and I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Finance at Purdue…

Staff Spotlight – Andrea Weiss
Meet Andrea Weiss, FTE Program Coordinator. Andrea first got involved with FTE when she attended EFL as a student…

Staff Spotlight – Dee Goines
This week we spotlight Dee Goines. Dee is an FTE Student Administrator and leads the leadership activities at programs throughout…

Alumni Spotlight: Christina Chen
Meet Christina Chen. She is an alumni of Economics for Leaders 2020 UC Berkeley virtual program. She recently participated in…

Welcome: 2020-21 FTE Student Ambassadors
This year, FTE is welcoming thirty-seven student ambassadors who are committed to sharing the economic way of thinking. FTE Ambassadors…

The Pox of Liberty – A Book Review By Dr. Price Fishback
FTE professor and University of Arizona economic historian, Price Fishback, writes that the current crisis has brought into focus the…

Recent Alumni Spotlight – Sophia Sweeney
Sophia Sweeney is a 2019 alumna attending Economic History for Leaders at the University of California, Berkeley. History is one…

Site Spotlight – Cornell University
We are almost ready to announce our new 2020 sites! One place we will be returning is beautiful Ithaca, NY…

Recent Alumni Spotlight – Rebecca Liu
New alumna, Rebecca Liu, attended an Economic History for Leaders this summer at UC Berkeley and is now representing FTE…