October is National Economic Education Month. To honor this, University Libraries is spotlighting Matthew James, a current Stillman School of Business student enrolled in the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Quantitative Economics and Econometrics program.<\/p>\n
Kayla Glynn, Business and Data Librarian, asked Matthew how his economic education has impacted his everyday life and how Walsh Library and Seton Hall University have supported his journey. After reading Matthew\u2019s responses, maybe you\u2019ll be inspired to pick an economics book from Walsh Library!<\/p>\n
Matthew\u2019s original major was not Quantitative Economics and Econometrics but after his first economics class, with Professor Danielle Zanzalari, Ph.D., he realized that economics was a field he enjoyed learning about and a discipline he could excel at; the perfect combination. Matthew said growing up he \u201chad a lot of questions. Not many answers, and I think economics has allowed me to answer a lot of those questions.\u201d He encourages people to take economics classes because \u201cEconomics can help you in a conceptual way. But having the math to back it up to support it, I think it’s exactly what employers are looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matthew now works part-time helping his parents run their business and during COVID the landscape got very difficult. Despite the difficulties, Matthew explained that because of his economics background he understood \u201cwhy things were happening, which was exciting for me at least.\u201d Aside from work, Matthew values economics\u2019 impacts in his everyday life because it has changed \u201cthe way that I make decisions\u201d since knowing the concepts \u201ccan make you ask the right questions\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Walsh Library has provided an environment where \u201ceveryone is being productive.\u201d You can find Matthew studying on the 4th floor because it provides him with a quiet alternative to his dorm. Matthew explained that \u201cthe study rooms are my favorite part\u201d because they offer a space that fosters learning.<\/p>\n
Matthew said that the most valuable resource at Seton Hall University are the people. He advises every student to build a relationship with professors in their program. Matthew has good reason for this advice since, as he explained, \u201cthe research that I’m doing now is a direct result\u201d of the relationships he has built through his journey here at Seton Hall. Given his goal of achieving a Ph.D., building and maintaining relationships with colleagues in the field will no doubt be beneficial.<\/p>\n
For more information on National Economic Education Month and Business resources please contact Kayla Glynn<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October is National Economic Education Month. To honor this, University Libraries is spotlighting Matthew James, a current Stillman School of Business student enrolled in the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Quantitative Economics and Econometrics program. Kayla Glynn, Business and Data Librarian, asked Matthew how his economic education has impacted his everyday life and how Walsh … Continue reading “University Libraries & National Economic Education Month”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":4323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[347,346,352,351,345,344,353,349,343,348],"class_list":["post-4321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-econometrics","tag-economics","tag-kayla-glynn","tag-matthew-james","tag-national-economic-education-month","tag-october","tag-phd","tag-professor-danielle-zanzalari","tag-stillman-school-of-business","tag-study-rooms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4326,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321\/revisions\/4326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}