The Stavros Center currently occupies one of the finest facilities housing economic education in the nation. Our two-story, 3500 square foot building is comprised of offices for the staff, a conference room, a thirty-person classroom, a kitchen, a media center, and a library. Our media center and library house an up-to-date collection of texts, periodicals, journals, films, videotapes and assorted teaching aids. Our library and media resources enable teachers to utilize the most comprehensive materials available for delivering practical and meaningful economic education knowledge to their students. The FSU Stavros Center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Mission, Structure, and Activities
The mission of the Stavros Center is to further free enterprise and economic education in the schools and the broader community. The Center develops and disseminates innovative ideas and materials that will help make economics more interesting and understandable. It seeks to help instructors at all levels become great teachers of economics.
Established in 1988, the Center is located within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. It is affiliated with the Council for Economic Education and the Florida Council for Economic Education. The Center’s region within the Florida Council is comprised of the following 12 counties: Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla.
Through Economic Fundamentals Initiative, the Center is also involved in international education projects in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
The Center has strong ties to these organizations:
PEM LIFE
Foundation for Economic Education
Marginal Revolution University
Stossel in the Classroom
Free to Choose Network
Izzit
The Center also encourages the programs of these organizations:
National Association of Economic Educators
Lexandria
The activities of the Center include:
- Workshops: Provide materials designed to promote a better understanding of economic issues for teachers, students, faculty, staff, and local citizens.
- Content Development: Create innovative materials and approaches for teaching economics.
- Training for Teachers: Offer professional development for current teachers that both cover the concepts of economics and focus on how to teach them in a stimulating manner.
- Research: Promote research on the institutional environment for the efficient operation of a free enterprise economy and behavioral personal finance.
The Gus Stavros Story
The inspirational story of Gus A. Stavros is a tale of entrepreneurship, love, courage, success, and, above all, commitment to community, education, and making the world a better place.
We invite you to read the details.