Our last excursion for the semester was a five-day field trip to New York City (March 10 – 15, 2024). The group attended four presentations, two scheduled on Monday and two on Wednesday, with Tuesday and Thursday designated as free days for students to explore New York City.
On Monday morning, our...
MSPE Field Trips
Our first field trip for the semester was to Peoria, IL on Friday, February 16. Students enjoyed a narrated tour of the Caterpillar Tech Center and spending time at the Visitor's Center.
The fall 2023 field trip took us to Chicago to visit the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). CMAP is a regional planning agency responsible for developing both short-run and long-run strategies covering transportation, housing, economic development, climate change, and quality of life...
The first field trip of the spring 2023 semester was to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis on Friday, February 24, 2023. St. Louis is one of 12 Federal Reserve Banks, which are the operating arms of the Federal Reserve System, and each Reserve Bank...
The second field trip of Fall 2022 was to Springfield, IL on Friday, October 21. The students started the day with a presentation at the Office of Management and Budget, State of Illinois. Ms. Alexis Sturm, Director of OMB, talked about the budgeting...
The first field trip of the 2022-2023 academic year took us to Chicago to visit Deloitte on September 23. Deloitte provides audit, tax consulting, enterprise risk, and financial advisory services worldwide. Nicola Lostumbo, Kaveh Nafari and Taylor...
The second field trip for the semester was to visit Bayer in St. Louis on October 25th. Bayer acquired Monsanto Company in 2018. Bayer is a life science company with a more than 150-year history and core competencies in the areas of health care and agriculture...
Our first field trip for the semester was to visit the headquarters of Cummins in Indianapolis on September 20th. Cummins is one of the largest producers of diesel engines in the world. Ivan Iadzi and Michael O Assa-Eck, two of Cummins’ economists spoke of...
The spring semester concluded with the biannual spring break field trip to Washington, DC (March 17 – 22). Students attended four presentations: (1) World Bank—Angelica Silvero, Head of the Speakers Bureau, gave the...
The first field trip of the semester was to Deloitte on February 15. Deloitte provides audit, tax consulting, enterprise risk, and financial advisory services worldwide. Suzanne Joyce, human resources, explained that Deloitte has an immigration...
Our second field trip for the semester was to visit Wells Fargo Advisors, a brokerage firm and subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, located in St. Louis, Missouri.
Our visit to the CBOE on September 21 was an interesting look into the past as well as the present of options markets.
