CNU announces Stock Market winners

News Release - January 3, 2006
contact:
Karen L. Gill
karen.gill@cnu.edu
(757) 594-8428

(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — Area high school students learned about the stock market through a 10-week simulation and were regional winners in the Christopher Newport University Center for Economic Educations’ fall 2005 Stock Market Game.

Students are given $100,000 in virtual money to “invest” in the stocks of their choice. These CNU winners ranked the highest of 33 area teams. The top teams will now be ranked among all teams in the state of Virginia. The Stock Market Game is a registered trademark and the game is sponsored in the state by the Virginia Council on Economic Education.

Here are the winners:

First Place
Kecoughtan High School with an ending portfolio of $124,104.66
- Teacher/Advisor: Mary Tarver
- Students: Troy Monteith, Joshua Upchurch, Mitchell Howard, Chanille Chang

Second Place
Team # 496 from Lafayette High School with an ending portfolio of $120,300.52
- Teacher/Advisor: James Whyte
- Students: Shawn Preston, Captain; Trent Willis; Cisco Smith, Jeremy Armstead, Donovan Bridgeforth, Ross Howard

Third Place
Team # 494, also from Lafayette High School, with an ending portfolio of $119,168.67
- Teacher/Advisor: James Whyte
- Students: Anna Linkenauger, Captain; Frank Wheeler; Amy Walker; Heather Haynes; Lauren Amory; Hunter Ellis

CNU’s Center for Economic Education aims to promote economic education to K-12 area students, in order to help them better understand the economy and economic principles. The Center provides seminars, workshops, courses and free instructional materials to area K-12 teachers. For more information, visit www.cnu.edu/busn/economiceducation.html or contact Gemma Kotula, education program coordinator for the Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business, at 594-7404 or econedu@cnu.edu.

Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 4,800 students in programs through its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Luter School of Business and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. Visit us at www.cnu.edu.

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