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Federal Reserve Challenge Team Presented with Official Proclamations

By
Amanda Ghysel
Posted
April 22, 2022
Federal Reserve Challenge 2022 Team with Proclamations

After capturing a record-breaking fifth national championship this fall, the Federal Reserve Challenge Team was presented with proclamations from elected officials recognizing their incredible feat. The win, Pace’s fifth in the past eight competitions, makes Pace the winningest program in the history of the Federal Reserve College Challenge, surpassing Harvard.

The proclamations, signed by New York State Assemblymembers Deborah Glick and Yuh-Line Niou, were presented to the team at a special recognition event on Thursday, March 31, in the Bianco Room on the New York City Campus. Pace University President Marvin Krislov, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Dean Tresmaine Grimes, PhD, and Economics Department Chair Joseph Morreale, PhD, delivered congratulatory remarks, as economics department faculty and students and Federal Reserve Challenge Team alumni gathered to celebrate the team’s legacy of success.

Federal Reserve Challenge 2022 Team with Econ Faculty
Federal Reserve Challenge 2022 Team in front of the Congratulations banner
President Krislov, Dean Grimes, and Chair Morreale
President Krislov and Dean Grimes reading the proclamations
The audience at the Federal Reserve Challenge Proclamation event

The 2021-22 Federal Reserve Challenge Team

Back row (L-R): Gregory Colman, PhD (faculty advisor), Gianni Campanaro '22, Business Economics, Christopher Beck '22, Economics, Mark Weinstock, CBE (faculty advisor)

Middle row: Kate Fong '23, Economics; Stephanie Ertel '22, Economics, Casey Cloutier '22, Economics and Modern Languages and Cultures

Front row: Fiona Waterman '22, Economics (captain), Winnie (Yuwei) Liu '22, Economics (captain)

By claiming the national title at the 2021 Federal Reserve College Challenge, Pace University has now won five championships, the most of any school in the history of the competition, surpassing Harvard.

Pace University President Marvin Krislov, PhD (left), Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Dean Tresmaine Grimes, PhD (middle), and Economics Department Chair Joseph Morreale, PhD (right), deliver congratulatory remarks to the Federal Reserve Challenge Team at a special recognition event on Thursday, March 31, 2022.

The Federal Reserve Challenge Team was presented with official proclamations recognizing their achievement, signed by New York State Assembly Members Deborah J. Glick and Yuh-Line Niou.

Economics department faculty and students, and Federal Reserve Challenge Team alumni gathered to celebrate the program's long-standing legacy of success.