Econ Illinois - Illinois Council on Economic Education Centers for Economic Education

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Econ Illinois - Illinois Council on Economic Education offers teachers and districts a multitude of resources through its statewide network of university-based Centers.  A Center for Economic Education is established by and affiliated with both the state and national Councils.  A Center functions primarily to deliver economic education programs for K-12 schools, teachers, and students within its defined geographic area of responsibility. 

Econ Illinois and its Centers are the premier providers in Illinois of economic education professional development programs for teachers; curriculum consulting; curriculum materials; and student economic education programs.

Council Center staff and University Administrators

Pictured at right at the Economic Education Awareness Day luncheon of October 2007 are Joy Joyce, ICEE Consultant; Barry Chiswick, UIC Center; Jennifer Kujawa-Rhodes, UIC Center; Jenny Nero, UIC Center; Anne Kaplan, Northern Illinois University; Stephanie Ann Lenway, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dan Condon, Dominican University Center; Stephen Karlson, NIU Center; Helen Roberts, UIC Center; Donna Carroll, Dominican University and Sheryl Szot Gallaher, GSU Center.


Bradley University Center for Economic Education

Bradley University

Baker Hall
Peoria, IL 61625
FAX: 309.677.3257

Executive Director
Kevin O'Brien
Phone: 309.677.2297
kmo@bradley.edu


Dominican University Center for Economic Education

Dominican University
Brennan School of Business
7900 W Division St
River Forest, IL 60305
FAX: 708.524.6939

Director
Daniel P. Condon
Phone: 708.524.6233
condondp@dom.edu


GSU Office of Economic Education

Governors State University

College of Business and Public Administration
University Park, IL 60466
FAX: 708.534.1646

Director
Sheryl Szot Gallaher
Phone: 708.534.4926
s-gallaher@govst.edu


NIU Office of Economic Education

Northern Illinois University
Department of Economics
DeKalb, IL 60115
FAX: 815.752.1019

Director
Stephen Karlson
Phone: 815.753.6980
skarlson@niu.edu


SIUC Office for Economic Education

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Department of Agribusiness Management and Applied Economics
1205 Lincoln Drive, MC 4410
Carbondale, IL  62901-4410
FAX: 618.453.1708

Director
C. Matthew (Matt) Rendleman
Phone: 618.453.1707
mattr@siu.edu


SIUE Office of Economic Education

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

Edwardsville, IL 62026

Director - TBA
Contact Econ Illinois
815.753.0356
icee@niu.edu


UIC Center for Economic Education

University of Illinois at Chicago

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Economics (MC 144)
601 S Morgan St, Ste 701
Chicago, IL 60607-7121
FAX: 312.996.3344

Director
Barry Chiswick
Phone: 312.996.2683
brchis@uic.edu

Associate Director
Helen Roberts
Phone: 312.355.0378
hroberts@uic.edu


UIUC Center for Economic and Financial Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Agricultural & Consumer Economics
1301 W Gregory Dr
Urbana, IL 61801

FAX: 217.333.5538

Director
Angela Lyons
326 Mumford Hall, MC 710
Phone: 217.244.2612
anglyons@illinois.edu

Associate Director
Urvi Neelakantan
431 Mumford Hall, MC 710
Phone: 217.333.0479
urvi@illinois.edu

 

This page last updated Sept 3, 2009