The Streich Family Lecture Series is held annually in the Dillard College of Business in the spring as part of International Week. The speaker series is named in honor of the Streich family, and has been ongoing at MSU since 1978. The focus of the series is to give MSU students, staff, and the public insight into the American free enterprise system in relation to today’s economic status.
Recent speakers for the Streich Lecture:
February 2020, Cleophus (Cleo) Franklin, Jr., Founder/President/CEO of Franklin Strategic Solutions
"Global Business and Agribusiness Trends"
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”