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ics Spring 2018
1 Career Events:Coffee Chat with Economics Majors
2 Class RegistrationReminders
2 Prepare to Declare
3 Economics StudentAssociation
3 Listservs at SU
4 Graduation
5 Preparation forGraduate School
5 Celebration ofUndergraduate Scholarship
6 Major Advisors Extra Office Hours
7 Faculty News
8 Tutoring for ECN 203& ECN 301
Career Events: Coffee Chat with Economics Majors An opportunity for economics majors & minors to meet with employers who are interested in hiring.
Every semester Career Services holds a networking event called “Coffee Chat with Economics Majors.” This is a special networking event to meet with prospective employers that are interested in hiring economics majors and minors at Syracuse University.
During the spring semester, the event was held on Tuesday January 30, 2018 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. in Eggers Hall room 220. As shown in the picture, students were speaking to the employers that attend-ed including, CIA, City Year, Daversa Partners, Educational Housing Services, EY, First Derivatives, Insight Global, Inc., Liberty Mutual, Luxottica, Macy’s, Microsoft, Mountbatten Institute, Northwestern Mutual, Peace Corps, Peak Campus, U.S. Secret Service, and Wayfair.
Students talking to employers during Spring 2018 Coffee Chat.
Career Services provides tips for attending career events such as, research & prepa-ration beforehand, presence & pitch at the event, and follow-up & follow-through afterwards. They also provide valuable information for resumes, networking and even help with choosing a major. Visit their website for more information, and stay tuned for when the next upcoming career week will be during the fall semester!
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB , GEOGRAPHY CLUB,
ANTHROPOLOGY CLUB , PHI ALPHA THETA/ HISTORY CLUB,
& ECONOMICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION PRESENT:
Tuesday, March 6 I 6:30 - 8:00 PM 204 Maxwell Hall
Class Registration Reminders Registration for Summer: Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Looking for more information about summer classes? University College’s Summer at Syracuse website is the best resource for taking courses at SU over the summer.
Registration for Fall: Monday April 9 - Wednesday May 9, 2018
Withdrawal deadline: Tuesday, April 17
Class Registration FAQs
Note: With class registration right around the corner, please make sure to see your major advisor before your registration date to clear major advising holds. If the major hold is not removed, then you will not be able to register for classes. This is also a great opportunity to meet with your major advisor to review your plan of study, and confirm you are on the right path towards graduation.
Arts & Sciences Advising Holds Explained:
The students listed below will receive an advising (ADV) hold on their My Slice account and will need to review their course selection with their College Advisor before their hold is lifted:
•New first-year and transfer students admitted for the fall semester •Students that transferred to Arts and Sciences from within the University •Students who have earned 100 or more credits
Students with declared majors must also meet with their major advisors before major advising holds will be removed. Students with multiple majors will need to meet with all major advisors to have the major advising hold removed. Students may see College and Major Advisors in any order. Students studying abroad will not have any holds.
Students without a hold should review their degree works report on MySlice and consult with their College Advisor as needed by scheduling an appointment through Orange Success.
For more information about holds, visit the office of the registrar’s website.
Prepare to DeclareDeclaring a major or minor helps students avoid difficulties registering for the classes they need.
Lincoln statue outside Eggers Hall.
Students who have not declared a major or minor in economics will not be able to register for classes at the 400 level and higher.
Students wanting to pursue a degree in economics need declare the major by the end of their sophomore year in efforts to reduce any difficulty registering for upper level classes. Students who have not officially declared their major will have a hold on their account when they attempt to register for the spring semester in their junior year.
Within the Undergraduate section of our website, students will be able to find major and minor requirements, advisors, forms and more. Also, we have all the paperwork needed to become a major or minor in economics located in our main office; Eggers Hall, room 110.
Economics Student Association Checking in with the ESA to see what they have been up to since the fall semester.
Since the fall edition of our newsletter, the Economics Student Association (ESA) has hosted events or made students aware through their ESA Listserv of other beneficial events going on like ones from Career Development and Services.
Flyer for the Maxwell Midterms Mixer that was sent out by the Economics Student Association (ESA).
Some of the great events that took place so for this semester: •Hosted a panel of alumni who work in the consulting industry. This event was geared for students interested in hearing about their thoughts on consulting, and moving into the industry after graduating from SU. •Maxwell Midterms Mixer was a cool event the ESA co-hosted. This brought together various clubs in the Maxwell school including, International Relations, Geography, Anthropology, Phi Alpha Theta/History, and of course Economics! •Career Discussion with David Kelso from J.P. Morgan, hosted by the Center for Ca-reer Development was sent out via the ESA Listserv.
If you would like to receive information from the ESA, sign up on their email listserv to receive future information, events and workshops!
Listservs at SU Email listservs for majors, minors, and the Economics Student Association to receive important news and information.
Note: The underscores in the names of our majors and minors listservs must be included when you subscribe to the list.
Listserv for Economics Majors - ECN_Majors Listserv for Economics Minors - ECN_Minors Listserv for Economics Student Association - ESA
How to Subscribe to a Listserv at SU:
Open your email program:
•Type [email protected] in the To: box.
•Delete the signature line from the body of the email if it is included automatically.
•Include the following line in the body of the message: subscribe listname Your_name Example: if your name is Susan Smith, to subscribe to the “ESA” list, type subscribe ESA Susan Smith Note: you may omit your name if your email program automatically includes it in your email header.
•Do not send this message to the list address ([email protected]. edu) as this will create a message to the list.
•You will receive a request to confirm your subscription.
•Click on the confirmation link in the email, and that’s all you have to do!
For more information about listservs at Syracuse University, please visit their web page.
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Congratulations Graduating Seniors! Commencement Weekend, May 11-13, 2018
Outside Hendricks Chapel, students are pictured throwing their caps and tassels up in the air to celebrate their achievements.
Commencement Weekend takes place this year at Syracuse University from May 11 through May 13, 2018. As the end of the semester appr oaches, we want to point out some useful pieces of information to students. The commencement weekend website will provide degree candidates and visitors everything they need to know. This includes preparing for the event, schedules, directions, parking, and much more. Under the preparing menu located at the top of the page, you will find a very helpful FAQ section, as well as an information booklet. This booklet
contains everything you need to know about the event, and is available to be downloaded and printed.
Attention Seniors graduating with a B.S. degree in Economics: During senior year, students pursuing a B.S. degree in economics will need to fill out a petition to receive the B.S. degree. Students meet with the Sue Lewis in the economics office to complete this form. Hard copies are also available within the economics office; Eggers Hall, room 110.
Economics GPA for Graduation Reminder: Graduation with an economics major or minor requires a 2.0 GPA in intermediate theory (ECN 301or ECN 311, and ECN 302) and the upper-division economics courses. While required for the major and minor, the princi-ples and mathematics courses are not calcu-lated in the 2.0 GPA required for the major.
Did you know? As part of the University-wide Commencement ceremony, international flags are displayed to represent the home countries of faculty, staff, and students at Syracuse University. With our ever-growing international student body, we would like to make sure that your country is represent-ed. If you are an international student, you can request to have your flag displayed by filling out a brief form!
Check out the International Flag Representation page for more information.
Preparing for Graduate School? The American Economic Association tells you what you need to do to get in.
Applying to graduate school can be a very overwhelm-ing process, but the American Economics Association (AEA) sheds light on the application process and what you can do to improve your odds of getting accepted.
Check out the preparing for graduation school section. You will find a wealth of information from deciding what program is right for you, to application time lines, math preparations, and considerations to take into account.
Further, if you have not done so already, take a look at their careers in economics section, where the AEA covers different career possibilities by obtaining a degree in economics. There is a brief, but informative video on the topic as well.
Aerial view of Eggers Hall and Maxwell Hall.
Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship Awards Ceremony: Wednesday, May 2, 2018
A student presenting his research to Professor Mary E. Lovely during the Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship Poster Session.
The Maxwell School Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship is our annual recognition of student research achievement in the Social Sciences.
This event gathers the Maxwell community together to share social science research findings across disciplines. It also provides an opportunity to focus on and celebrate the contributions of our undergraduate students. Students participate by submitting a research paper, presenting a research poster, or both.
The Celebration concludes with a poster session, reception, and awards ceremony on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 2, 2018 in the Maxwell Foyer.
Check out the celebration’s web page for more information regarding participation requirements, application and registration processes, suggestions for poster designs, and there is a video outlining the celebration!
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Major Advisors Extra Office Hours Our major advisors provide extra office hours for students in preparation for fall registration. Please see the chart below for this information. To see our advisor’s regular office hours, or if you want to know more about all of our professors, check out our department listing.
Last Initial Advisor Office & Phone Extra Office Hours
A-B Carmen Carrión-Flores [email protected]
502 Maxwell Hall 443-3717
T 4/3, 4/10, 4/17 10:00 - 11:00
C-D Elizabeth Ashby [email protected]
110E Eggers Hall 443-1354
M 4/2, F 4/6 12:45 - 2:00
E-G Michael Wasylenko [email protected]
426 Eggers Hall 443-9050
W 4/11, 4/18 F 4/6, 4/13, 4/20
9:00 - 12:00
H-J Leyla Karakas [email protected]
133 Eggers Hall 443-2294
M 4/9, 1:00 - 2:30 T 4/10, 10:30 - 12:30
K-L Abdulaziz Shifa [email protected]
117 Eggers Hall 443-3802 By Appointment
M-N Eugene Liu [email protected]
110G Eggers Hall 443-2078
W 4/4, 11:00 - 12:00 Th 4/5, 12:30 - 1:30 M 4/9, 12:30 - 2:00
O-R Inge O’Connor [email protected]
110F Eggers Hall 443-9311
W 3/28, 4/4 12:00 - 2:00
S Derek Laing [email protected]
311 Maxwell Hall 443-3746
T 4/3, 4/10 Th 4/5, 4/12 1:50 - 2:30
T-W Perry Singleton [email protected]
426 Eggers Hall 443-3690
Th 4/12 3:00 - 5:00
X-Z Jerry Evensky [email protected]
316B Maxwell Hall 443-5863
T 3/27, 4/3 Th 3/22, 3/29 12:00 - 2:30
Faculty News Recent news articles some of our professors have written or been featured in.
Lovely discusses fairness of Chinese automobile tariffs in CNN Money Mary Lovely was interviewed for the CNN Money article “Elon Musk, Trump and the challenges of selling cars in China.” Lovely says the reason why the United States and China have such different tariff rates for imported cars goes back to when China first joined the World Trade Organization, and it hashed out a deal with the U.S. to keep car tariffs high while slashing import taxes on other goods. 03/16/18
Mitra article on India, Trump’s tariffs published in Indian Express “The new protectionism”, written by Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, was published in the Indian Express. Mitra says there will be retaliation from China and the European Union to President Trump’s new metal tariffs but India stands to lose relatively little. 3/14/18
Wasylenko discusses urban economic growth in CT Viewpoints Michael Wasylenko was cited in the CT Viewpoints article, “Revitalize CT’s cities to strengthening an already healthy economy.” According to Wasylenko, growth in urban area economies depends on “technological change and innovation,” taking the form of “new knowledge created through interaction of educated, skilled and innovative workers. The most productive of the interactions are those that occur frequently and in face-to-face encounters.” 2/7/18
Flores-Lagunes study on effectiveness of Job Corps published in JHR “Going beyond LATE: Bounding Average Treatment Effects of Job Corps Training,” co-authored by Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, was published in the Journal of Human Resources. The study measured the effectiveness of Job Corps training and found it to have a positive effect on earnings, employment, and amount of public benefits received. 1/25/18
Rosenthal lecture on agglomeration economies cited in Asian Scientist Stuart Rosenthal, professor and chair of economics, gave a keynote lecture at the 2017 Singapore Management University Conference on Urban and Regional Economics, held on December 18-19, 2017. His lecture, titled “Building Specialisation, Anchor Tenants and Agglomeration Economies”, was featured in the Asian Scientist article, “Feeling A City’s Economic Pulse.” 01/24/18
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Tutoring for ECN 203 & ECN 301 The Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) offers tutoring for small group sessions to students at no out-of-pocket cost!
Taking ECN 203 or ECN 301 and want some extra help? During the spring semester, the university is offering small group tutoring sessions for students at no out-of-pocket cost!
Check out The Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) tutoring web page for more information and to see the schedule of sessions. At the top of the page, there is a link that will take you to where you can sign up for the courses you need called “MyT.”
Peer tutor working with students.
Department of Economics 110 Eggers Hall Syracuse, New York 13244-1020