CNU Center for Economic Education Announces Winners of Stock Market Game
News Release - May 07, 2008
Media Contact:
Emily L. Lucier
Press Secretary and Media Manager
emily.lucier@cnu.edu
(757) 594-8428
(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) - The following area high schools were winners in the Christopher Newport University Center for Economic Education’s Spring 2008 Stock Market Game (SMG):
1st place
Lafayette High School
Williamsburg/ James City County
Teacher:
James Whyte
Students:
Carly Balster (Captain)
Liz Graft
Bethany Mallory
Summer McBride
Ending portfolio $116,858.04
2nd place
Tabb High School
York County
Teacher:
Mike Martinez
Students:
Rebecca Layne
Ashley Hinton
Jared Naser
Ian Schilling
Ending portfolio $113,699.92
3rd Place
Woodside High School
Newport News
Teacher:
JoElla Lawrence
Students:
Rakeem Washington
Andre Cooper
Charles Dietz
Ending portfolio…$109,999.70
The SMG is a 10-week Stock Market simulation. Students are given $100,000 in virtual money and “invest” in the stocks of their choice. The above CNU area winners ranked the highest of 112 area teams. The game is sponsored by the CNU Center for Economic Education. The top teams will now be ranked among all teams in the state of Virginia. The SMG is a registered trademark and the game is sponsored in the state by the Virginia Council on Economic Education.
For information on participating in the SMG, please contact Gemma Kotula, Director of the CNU Center for Economic Education at 757 594-7404 or econedu@cnu.edu.
Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 5,000 students in rigorous academic programs through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Joseph W. Luter III College of Business and Leadership and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. Visit us at www.cnu.edu.