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EXCELLENCE IN ECONOMICS EDUCATION

The University of Cincinnati's College of Business highlights the Economics Center impact on the community in 2010 by featuring:

• 2010 Annual Event: The Center hosted more than 500 business and education professionals. John pepper, retired CEO and Chairman of P&G, delivered a keynote speech addressing the importance of investing in school leaders, focusing on early childhood education and connecting the community to local schools.

George Vredeveld, director of the Economics Center for Education and Research at the University of Cincinnati, received the 2009 John C. Schramm Leadership Award Oct. 8 in Washington.

The award from the National Association of Economic Educators annually recognizes an individual whose leadership has had an extraordinary, positive impact on economic education. Vredeveld has been a longtime association leader and has served as its president and representative on the Council Board of Directors.

Business Courier

Doug Bolton, Publisher

National children's financial literacy book author Neale Godfrey brought her regular message of "our children are financially illiterate" to town recently in celebrating the success of the University of Cincinnati’s Economics Center for Education & Research.

UC's economics center is at the forefront of what should be a national move to teach more economics in high schools and Godfrey lauded founder George Vredeveld at his center’s annual meeting for leading the way.