Activities

Finance Symposium - October 8, 2009 - 7:00 p.m - Joseph Auditorium 

Guest Speakers Floyd Norris, Chief Financial Correspondent of The New York Times
and the International Herald Tribune, will discuss the "Can the economy muddle through with
a broken financial system?" Support for the Finance Symposium is gratefully acknowledged from the Markell Charitable Trust and the Economics Department.

Memberships, Workshops, Seminars:

Students who have taken a minimum of four courses in Economics, including two Introductory Economics courses (101 and one course from those numbered 201-239), and the two Intermediate Theory courses (243 and 245) can be considered for membership in Omicron Delta Epsilon, the national economics honorary society, if they have achieved a grade point average of 3.2 or above in the major, 3.1 or above overall. ODE and the Economics Department jointly sponsor numerous lectures by visiting economists during the academic year; ODE also sponsors frequent informal roundtable discussions on contemporary economic issues. Selected ODE members from Gettysburg participate in undergraduate economics conferences where students present their own papers to their peers from other colleges. 
 
Economics majors are also eligible for membership in the social science honorary society, Pi Lambda Sigma,contingent upon meeting its academic standards. To qualify for Pi Lambda Sigma, students must complete 5 courses in their major and achieve a grade point average of 3.1.
                
The Economics Department receives information on numerous summer workshops and seminars in economics for which entrance is competitive. For example, the American Economic Association sponsors several summer workshops in economic theory and quantitative techniques for minority students with an interest, but not necessarily a major, in economics. Brochures on these and other programs are available in the departmental office, Glatfelter Hall 111.