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Jul 27, 2004

DePaul Hosts Workshop August 28 To Help Chicago High School Teachers Instruct Students About Investing And Business Ethics

In an effort to enhance economics lessons for area high school students, DePaul University will co-sponsor a seminar on the ABCs of investing, capital markets and business ethics for Chicago-area high school teachers Aug. 28.

Designed for high school teachers of social studies, business, commerce, economics and economic history, the Investor Capital Economic Education Seminar will be held from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in room 8005 of the DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson Blvd. Each qualified teacher will receive a $100 stipend for participating and will earn continuing education credits. The event is sponsored by the Securities Industry Association Central States District, The Illinois Council on Economic Education and the finance department at DePaul’s College of Commerce. For information and registration, call 1-877-I DO ECON (1-877-436-3288). The registration deadline is Aug. 18.

The workshop will cover the history of Wall Street, basic principles of capitalism and investing, related ethical considerations and how these concepts can be incorporated into lessons for high school students, including how to utilize an online stock market game for students.

Speakers include:

  • Workshop host Dan Foley, president of the Central States Security Industry Association;

  • Ann Marie Klingenhagen, finance lecturer at DePaul’s College of Commerce,

  • Alfred Gini, professor of philosophy at Loyola University and associate editor of Business Ethics Quarterly;

  • Martin Cabrera, president and owner of Cabrera Capital Markets, Inc., an investment bank and full-service brokerage firm;

  • Daniel Lidawer, a certified public accountant and managing principal of Equibase Capital Partners;

  • Gail Werner-Robinson, founder and president of GWR Companies, a professional financial and investment services firm; and

  • Andrew Zimmer, director of Private Client Services, Zacks Investment Management, Inc.

    “Many teachers who are giving lessons on investing may not have studied economics as their primary subject when preparing to become teachers, yet it is important that our children get a good grounding in this subject,” Foley said. “We also think it is important, in this post-Enron era, for teachers to understand and teach young people about business ethics. Our goal is to give participants the best tools to be effective teachers of these concepts.”

    Cabrera will introduce participants to one of the more innovative teaching tools – the “The Stock Market Game,” a computer simulation that allows students to play the role of investment managers. “Hands-on exercises such as this one are a great way for students to experience and learn about investing,” said Klingenhagen, who oversees a similar stock market computer simulation called the Driehaus Virtual Stock Portfolio Competition for finance students at DePaul.