Named in honor of the the Streich Family, former owners of Gibson's Discount Centers, the lecture Series has been held since 1978 annually at the Dillard College of Business as part of International Week. The series is FREE to the public and focusses on the the American free enterprise system in relation to today’s economic status.
February 2024, Nirmala Devkota, “Financial Industries: Careers in Analytics”
February 2022, Dr. Andrew Holt, Assistant Professor of Economics, “How Exporting Took a Small-Town Business to New Heights”
February 2021, Mayor Stephen Santonella, “The Economic and Business Opportunities of Food Sustainability”
February 2020, Cleophus (Cleo) Franklin, Jr., Founder/President/CEO of Franklin Strategic Solutions
"Global Business and Agribusiness Trends"
Past Lecture Series Speakers
February 2019, Gustavo Ferreira, Economist, Researcher and Speaker
“U.S. Agricultural Trade in the 21st Century: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities”
February 2018, Damian Fernandez-Lamela, Director of Global Analytics, Fossil Group
"The Human Side of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data"
February 2017, Pablo Garcia-Fuentes, Assistant Professor of Economics at Midwestern State University
Agim Kukeli, Assistant Professor of Economics and Director of the Bureau of Business and Government Research at Midwestern State University
"Experiences of Economic Transition from Socialism to Capitalism"
February 2016, Robert Bryce, Author, Journalist and Public Speaker
“More Energy, Please: How Increasing Energy Use Promotes a Richer, Freer World”
February 2015, John Marthinsen, Professor of Economics and International Business at Babson College.
“Offshoring: Is it an Economic Elixir or a Recipe for Disaster?”
February 2014, Jennifer Apperti-Ochoa, Consul for Economic and Cultural Affairs at the Consulate General of Mexico in Dallas
“NAFTA after 20 years”