Affiliated Centers
Center for Economic Education
The Center for Economic Education at St. Cloud State University is an affiliate of the Minnesota Council on Economic Education and the National Council on Economic Education. The Center offers workshops, short courses, and traditional courses for in-service and pre-service K-12 economic educators. The Center also organizes the annual Winter Institute and sponsors the Minnesota Heartland Economics Challenge, an economics quiz bowl for high school students from Central Minnesota schools. The Center publishes the St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report in collaboration with the Social Science Research Institute and the Department of Economics. For more information on the outreach programs and products of the Center for Economic Education contact us at (320) 308-2157.
Minnesota Economic Development Center
The Minnesota Economic Development Center was established through a grant from the Economic Development Administration under the University Center program. Its mission is to provide technical assistance to economic development professionals in Minnesota. Through this technical assistance, the Center seeks to build institutional capacity, foster economic development, and alleviate economic stress. We serve all of Minnesota outside of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Assistance is provided to existing development agencies and institutions by complimenting the efforts of those groups to promote economic and business development. We work directly with the Regional Development Commissions, counties and cities to link university services and other public and private resources. For more information, please contact us at (320) 308-3742 by phone, (320) 308-2228 by fax or meedwards@stcloudstate.edu by email.
