Spring 2020
Exelon (field trip)
March 3 - 5 2020
Chicago, IL
https://www.exeloncorp.com/
New York City, NY (spring break field trip)
March 15 – 20, 2020
Students will participate in four presentations at organizations such as the United Nations, Council on Foreign Relations, Moody's, and TIAA.
Fall 2019
Orientation (mandatory for incoming fall 2019 students)
August 19 - 24, 2019
Fall 2019 MSPE Orientation Schedule
Various University of Illinois campus locations
Opportunity to get to know the other students in the program, learn more about specifics about their course of study and campus.
Picnic (social event)
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Elk’s Lake Pavilion, Lake of the Woods, Mahomet, IL
An opportunity for incoming and continuing MSPE students, program staff, and Economics faculty to interact.
Cummins (field trip)
September 19 - 21, 2019
Indianapolis, IN
www.cummins.com
Library Resources Presentation (seminar)
Monday, October 7, 2019
12:30 - 1:20 pm, 317 DKH
Presented by Professor Yoo-Seong Song School of Information Sciences
Focus: How best to utilize the University Library's immense resources in the most efficient and reliable way for your research projects.
Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth College (seminar)
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
1:30 - 2:00 pm, 317 DKH
Title: The Effects of the Post September 11, 2001 GI Bill on Higher Education and Earnings
David Neumark, University of California-Irvine (seminar)
Monday, October 28, 2019
1:20 - 1:50 pm, 317 DKH
Title: Here's Why David Neumark Thinks What He Thinks About the Minimum Wage, in 30 Minutes or Less
Monsanto/Bayer (field trip)
October 24 - 26, 2019
St. Louis, MO
www.monsanto.com
Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University (seminar)
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
1:15 - 1:45 pm, 317 DKH
Title: Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan
MSPE Career & Professionalism Boot Camp (workshop)
Saturday, November 16, 2019
9:00 am - 4:30 pm, 1st floor DKH
A one-day career “boot camp” to help hone career seeking skills
Thanksgiving Luncheon (social event)
Friday, November 22, 2019
11:30 am - 1 pm
Illini Room B, Illini Union
Holiday Party (social event)
Friday, December 20, 2019
5:30 - 8:30 pm
Illinois Ballroom, I Hotel Conference Center
Graduation Dinner (social event)
Saturday, December 21, 2019
6 - 9 pm
Dinner honoring our fall 2019 graduating students
Chancellor Ballroom, I Hotel Conference Center