Spring 2024 Events
February 28
Tami Reller | Former CEO of Duly Health and Care, former CFO of Microsoft Windows, and former Microsoft Executive Vice President of Marketing
March 20
Douglas Irwin | John French Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College
April 11 | Financial Markets Day
Fireside Chat and Panelist: Charlie Bobrinskoy| Vice Chairman, Head of Ariel Investment Group and Portfolio Manager of Ariel Focused Value, Ariel Focus Fund
Panelist: Rob Britton, CFA | Partner/Sr. Portfolio Manager, Minneapolis Portfolio Management Group; and President & Chair, CFAMN Board of Directors
Panelist: Joe Mahon | Economist, Regional Outreach Director, Public Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Seminars on Fridays from 10-11 a.m. in Beckwith Recital Hall
Viewpoint Diversity and Civil Discourse
February 2
John Bitzan | Professor of Management and Menard Family Director of the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, North Dakota State University, Topic: Is there tolerance of different points of view on campus? U.S. College Students' attitudes toward free speech, understanding of human progress, and views on capitalism/socialism
February 16
Ben Klutsey | Director of the Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Topic: Polarization and Pluralism: Living Together Amidst Deep Differences
Economic Freedom Throughout the World
March 22
Kerianne Lawson | Assistant Professor of Economics, North Dakota State University, Topic: Women and Economic Freedom
April 5
Antonio Saravia | Associate Professor of Economics, Director of the Center for the Study of Economics and Liberty, Mercer University, Topic: Economic Freedom in Latin America
International Trade
April 19
Kimberly Clausing | Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law, Topic: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital
May 3
Sandro Steinbach | Associate Professor and Director of Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies, North Dakota State University, Topic: Geoeconomic Fragmentation: Challenges and Opportunities for the American Heartland