The Virtual Trade Mission comprises students and faculty from around the world who meet at the location of the annual meetings of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) in order to learn more about the issues facing APEC today.  Students interview trade ministers and other dignitaries from APEC countries and work together to create a digital video of their experiences. 

This year, senior Mathematics-Economics major Jordan Teague participated in the Virtual Trade Mission program in Santiago Chile.  She accompanied faculty members Ken Peterson (Economics), Cleve Fraser (Political Science), and Political Science students Monica Handa, Amer Ahmad, Cindy Youssef, Chris Schoen, Dan Ennis, and Mike Overby to Santiago in November.  Furman University's VTM project is coordinated through the Richard W. Riley Institute at Furman.

For more information, contact Ken Peterson in the Department of Economics.



Photo by Neal Feierabend