We are joined this year by a new faculty member Dr. Dawit Senbet.  Dr. Senbet comes to us with a wealth of knowledge in the field of macro and monetary economics.  He received his undergraduate baccalaureate degree in economics from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Dr. Senbet also earned a masters degree and a doctorate from Western Michigan Univeristy. He has received rewards of excellence in the field of economics and business. The Department of Economics is pleased to have Dr. Senbet as part of our faculty.

We are also joined by another temporary faculty member Dr. Marietta Constantinides.  Dr. Constantinides received her baccalaureate degree from Bernard University, a Masters degree from Columbia University, and her doctorate from Rutgers University. The Department of Economics is pleased to have Dr. Constantinides as a part of our faculty for the 2006-2007 school year.

Our office is supported with a dynamic group of student-worker help.  Please say hello to student workers Matthew Perry and Kenny Perry.  Our student-workers assist the faculty and department secretary with various tasks.  They also greet visitors to the Department and answer a array of questions.  We are very lucky to have the support of this dedicated group of students.  Please visit the staff page to learn more about our student-workers.                                      

The Finance Academy in Moscow, Russia and Bloomsburg University are proud to share the news of their joint-degree program.  With this program, students from Russia can come to Bloomsburg University and earn a second degree in economics allowing them to graduate with 2 undergraduate degrees, one from each university and both internationally recognized.  Each student must have 90 transferable credits.  This is the fourth year we have overseen this program and currently 6 students are here to earn their degrees.  Everyone benefits from this collaboration because The Finance Academy gets to learn in the U.S. and experience our culture firsthand while we get exposed to the Russian culture and education. 

Please join us in Welcoming: Ivan Akinin, Titiana Astapova, Alexey Bazarov, Mikhail Filatov, Suren Gasumyanov, Denis Grigoriev, Stanislav Gushchin, Melikov Levon, Roman Maslov, Regina Minakova, Galine Rzhaksenskaya and Semen Savenkov.