On November 5, 2007, a team of UW Oshkosh business students competed in the Federal Reserve Challenge in Chicago. The team members, Virgina Pliska, Todd Johnston, Jonel Kristo, Alex Christenson, Adam Stern and Austin Spangler, made tremendous strides in terms of the quality of presentation and the performance in the question and answer session.
Although the team did not advance to the finals, they unanimously voted to see the finalists present and students competing again next year have many new ideas (in fact, they spent the first hour of the drive back to Wisconsin arguing about Federal Reserve Fund Futures). The team was very pleased to see they had identified the same major trends and factors pushing the macro-economy as the champion team from the University of Chicago.
The student reactions to the class and competition were extremely positive. They liked the group work and project orientation to the class and emphasized how much they learn from this form.
“To listen to the students discuss macro-economic issues and current events, debating with each other, weighting information and reaching conclusions was a wonderful experience and we are grateful for Choice Bank of Oshkosh making this possible”, stated Marianne Johnson, associate professor of economics at UW Oshkosh and the team adviser.
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