Illinois Council on Economic Education Centers for Economic Education

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The 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. 

The Illinois Council on Economic Education 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; Ann 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: 309.677.3374

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

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

Co-Director
Steven Kraft
Phone: 618.453.2421
sekraft@siu.edu

Co-Director
Matt Rendleman
Phone: 618.453.1707
mattr@siu.edu


SIUE Office of Economic Education

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

Box 1102
Edwardsville, IL 62026
FAX: 618.650.3047

Director
Rik Hafer
Phone: 618.650.2747
rhafer@siue.edu

Associate Director
Mary Anne Pettit
Phone: 618.650.2583
mpettit@siue.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 2101
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

Assistant Director
Jennifer Nero
Phone: 312.413.3599
jnero1@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 November 10, 2008