CNU announces Stock Market Game winners

News Release - Jan. 23, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media contact:
Carolyn Cuthrell
Office of Communications & Public Relations
carolyn.cuthrell@cnu.edu
(757) 594-73318

(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 Education's fall 2006 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 43 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.

First Place
Lafayette High School with an ending portfolio of $133,919.09
- Teacher: James Whyte
- Students: Cory Turlington, Beau Johnson (Captain), Joseph Lusby, Amber Strongman, Brittany Wells

Second Place
Lafayette High School with an ending portfolio of $126,894.60
- Teacher: James Whyte
- Students: Daniel Skalak (Captain), Cameron Banks, Caroline Jones, Ashley Engel, Emily Carrillo

CNU’s Center for Economic Education aims to promote education to K-12 area students, in order to help the better understanding of the economy and economic principles. The Center provides seminars, workshops, courses and free instructional materials to area K-12 teachers. For more information, visit http://schoolofbusiness.cnu.edu/economiceducation.html or contact Gemma Kotula, education program coordinator for the Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business, at (757) 594-7404 or econedu@cnu.edu.