Streich Lecture to cap Dillard International Week activities |
Dr. Gustavo Ferreira will be
the guest speaker for the 37th Annual Streich Family Lecture Series on Free
Enterprise at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in Bridwell Auditorium in the Dillard
College of Business Administration at Midwestern State University.
Ferreira is an economist with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP). His
current work focuses on analyzing fraud in international trade of organic
agricultural products.
Ferreira joined the NOP last
year after working for three years at the USDA’s Economic Research Services and
five years as a faculty member at Virginia Tech’s Department of Agricultural
& Applied Economics. He also worked for the Louisiana State University
Agricultural Center as a post-doctorate researcher and participated in a multi-institutional
project funded by the University of Minnesota’s Food Protection and Defense
Institute. He received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Louisiana State
University in 2009.
The Streich Lecture Series is
part of the Dillard College of Business Administration’s International Week
activities. According to Dr. Robert Forrester, the Dillard Distinguished
Professor of Energy Finance and Chair of Economics, Finance, and General
Business, International Week is one of many educational and cultural events
held to raise awareness about the breadth of international education,
activities, and resources available in the college and community.
Dr. Michael Mills, Director of
International Education, will lead a discussion with students and professors
who have participated in the Study Abroad program at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12,
in Dillard 178. Ex-patriots (those who are residing permanently or temporarily in
a country other than their native country) will share their experiences living
in the United States as compared to their home in a panel discussion from
2-3:30 p.m. in Dillard 101. Charles Blankson of Ghana, Mikael Svensson of
Sweden, and Yvonne Franke of Germany are panelists. Students will make
presentations at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in Dillard 101.
The Streich Family Lecture
Series is named in honor of the Streich family, owners of former area Gibson’s
Discount Centers, and is designed to give MSU students, staff, and the public
insight into the American free enterprise system in relation to today’s
economic status. Former speakers include Bloomberg economist Richard Yamarone,
Texas businessman T. Boone Pickens, Dr. Robert Z. Lawrence of the Brookings
Institute, Lindley H. Clark Jr. of The Wall
Street Journal, international economist Dr. John Marthinsen, and Texas
Comptroller Susan Combs.
Admission is free. The event
is sponsored by the Dillard College of Business Administration, the Mamie
Raborn Center for Economic Education, and Delta Sigma Pi. For more information,
call the Dillard College of Business at 940-397-4379.