Economics and Business
Samantha Pollard ’11 Gets a Sneak Peak at Her Future at BNY Mellon
Samantha Pollard‘s summer internship with BNY Mellon helped solidify her plans to pursue a career in banking. “I’ve been much more proactive in planning for my future because I’ve been so inspired by the possibility of having a career such as this one,” she says. “This experience has definitely lit a fire in me to [...]
Pioneering Research Brings Kudos for John Sullivan ‘04
The innovative research of John Sullivan ’04, who recently received his master’s in real estate development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate, has been recognized with two awards. Sullivan and his coauthor, Benjamin Bulloch, principal of Credit Tenant Capital of Boston, Mass., received the 2008-09 ING Clairon Most Outstanding Student Article [...]
Luke Calvano ’12 Earns Academic All-Patriot League Honors
Soccer player Luke Calvano ’12 (Eastampton, N.J.) has been selected to the Academic All-Patriot League Team. Calvano, a double major in policy studies and economics & business, maintains a 3.71 grade-point average. He is a three-time member of the dean’s list and a two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection. He is a member of [...]
Spotted on Campus With…Brandon Ellis ’12
With the 146th meeting between Lafayette and Lehigh just days away, defensive back Brandon Ellis ’12 discusses economics, his on-campus job, and college football’s most played rivalry. What’s your major and what do you like about your major? I am an economics major. What I like most about it is that I have learned a [...]
Football Player Brandon Ellis ’12 Receives ESPN Academic All-District Recognition
Cornerback Brandon Ellis ’12 (Jeffersonville, Pa.) has been named to the ESPN Academic All-District II Football Team. Spotted on Campus With…Brandon Ellis ’12 An economics major, Ellis maintains a 3.34 overall GPA. He is taking African Cultural Institutions, Economics of Sports, Marketing Science, and Introduction to Film & Media Studies. Ellis serves as a peer [...]
Students Bring Honduran Coffee Project Full Circle
For the past several years, members of the College’s Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project (EEGLP) have collaborated with rural villages in the Yoro region of Honduras and the Honduran national coffee board to help the villagers build a 30,000-plant coffee plantation. The first 15,000 plants are now harvested and ready to be sold. Sergio [...]
Gabriel Valentin ’02 Finds Success in Paris
By Kate Helm Colgate’s slogan “bright smile, bright future” could well be used to describe the career of Gabriel Valentin ’02, senior brand manager at Colgate-Palmolive, based in Paris. In only six short years, he’s risen to the top of the international marketing ranks. Valentin, who has been with the company almost a year, is [...]
Lafayette, Reigning National Champion in College Fed Challenge, Will Host Regional Competition
The College Fed Challenge team will begin its quest for the College’s second consecutive national championship Nov. 1, when Lafayette, in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, hosts a regional Fed Challenge competition at Pfenning Alumni Center. Last December, Lafayette’s Fed Challenge team outperformed Harvard, Northwestern, and Rutgers-Newark in a simulated meeting of [...]
Project Combines Economics, Computer Science, and Engineering to Enhance Environmental Policymaking
Several Lafayette students worked this summer on an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that combines aspects of economics, computer science, and engineering to enhance environmental policymaking. The team focused its research on using computational models to simulate the life cycles of shipping pallets, cell phone batteries, and water systems. Although most of the students who were involved [...]
Prof. Gladstone Hutchinson Named Director-General of Jamaica’s Planning Institute
The Government of Jamaica is calling upon Gladstone Fluney Hutchinson, associate professor of economics at Lafayette and founding director of the College’s Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project, to spearhead policy-formulation leading toward sustainable development in that nation. Hutchinson has been appointed director-general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica. Under the Office of the Prime [...]
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