About Us
The mission of the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at Northern Michigan University includes educating K-12 educators, k-16 students and parents of students about the economic way of thinking and instilling in them an appreciation for these tools and their applications; improve economic and financial literacy in the context of a free market system.
The center seeks to accomplish this mission by providing a variety of services, programs and resources. K-12 educator training programs, professional development workshops, graduate courses, outcomes assessment, standards-based educational materials and peer-reviewed products help the NMU-CEEE advance economic literacy across the region of the Upper Peninsula and the state of Michigan.
NMU-CEEE is a part of the Michigan Council on Economic Education which is, in turn, a member of the national Council on Economic Education. Dr. Joshua Ingber, Faculty Member of the Deaprtment Economics, serves as the Director.
To contact Northern Michigan University’s Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, e-mail ceee@nmu.edu, phone 906-227-1218 or fax 906-227-2229.
NMU-CEEE Goals
Northern Michigan University’s Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship provides leadership, promoting and strengthening economic education in the region and state within a free market system. Its goals are:
- Provide in-service and pre-service training for teachers.
- Develop and distributes curriculum materials.
- Generate interest in learning economics through student competitions.
- Offers guidance to school systems seeking advice on curriculum development.
- Recognize teachers and school systems for outstanding endeavors.
History
From 1979 to 1997, the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (CEEE) at Northern served the teachers and schools of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It was revitalized in December 2003.
Funding
To fund the activities of the Center, NMU, through its College of Arts and Sciences, has committed office space, granted reallocation time for the center director and promised funding for the establishment of the Center’s materials and annual expenses. Donors like Wells Fargo and others support the center's activities.
Giving to the Center
To find out more about the various giving opportunities and how you can help make a tangible difference to the quality of education in the lives of the students and teachers we serve, please contact Dr. Joshua Ingber, center director, at ceee@nmu.edu or 906-227-1218.
For additional information, go to NMU Foundation’s website or to contact the Foundation, call 906-227-2627 or e-mail foundtn@nmu.edu.
Dr. Joshua Ingber
Center Director
Dr. Joshua Ingber, CEEE Director, joined Northern Michigan University in 2020, where he’s determined to make economics engaging, practical, and accessible. With a PhD from George Mason University and a Master’s from Johns Hopkins, his teaching and research span topics like inflation, regional development, and public choice, with publications in journals including Explorations in Economic History and the European Economic Review. He is a member of the Mackinac Center’s Board of Scholars, allowing him to create hands-on opportunities for students and build connections between campus and community. Before academia, Josh worked as an economic consultant, a research economist at the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and an entrepreneur — experiences that continue to shape his approach in the classroom and beyond.
Dr. Hugo Eyzaguirre
Center Fellow
Dr. Hugo Eyzaguirre, a CEEE Fellow and its former Director, joined the Economics Faculty at NMU in August 2010. Dr. Eyzaguirre has a Ph.D. in Economics from Washington University, an M.A. from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and comes from Lima-Peru, where he founded and directed a Center for Economic Education in a local university. He is Chair of the International Committee of the National Association of Economics Educators (NAEE). He is a member of the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE). With his co-authors, he received an award in 2015 for the best educational article from the Journal of Private Enterprise. He is a member of the Board of Scholars at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
