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ISFE / FES Scholarships:
Up to $1,000 per Semester

Check back in July to apply for an ISFE / FES scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Scholarship

Our planned activities for the Spring 2025 semester

 

  • Paper Development Workshop
    • Thursday, 2/20 (Business Building 310, 8:30a-5:30p) -- Idea & Paper Development Workshop
  • Guest Speakers
    • Thursday, 2/20 (Jorns Executive Conference Room, Atherton Hotel, 7:00-8:30p) -- Dr. Russell Sobel:  Creative Destruction, Entrepreneurship, & Discovery
    • Friday, 2/21 (Business Building 105, 9:00-10:15a) -- Dr. Russell Sobel:  Creative Destruction, Entrepreneurship, & Discovery 
    • Thursday, 3/27 (Business Building 270, 7:00-8:30p) -- Dr. Steve Trost:  A Journey from Engineer to Inventor to Entrepreneur
    • Tuesday, 4/8 (Business Building 201, 7:15-8:30p) -- Dr. Patrick Newman:  How Executive Power can Dismantle Deep State Cronyism
    • Wednesday, 4/9 (Business Building 201, 7:15-8:30p) -- Dr. Patrick Newman:  Cronyism in America: The Nation's First Big Business 
    • Thursday, 4/17 (Business Building 270, 6:45-8:15p) -- Dr. Steve Trost:  Decentralization of Power and the Future of Freedom
  • Small-Group Discussions
    • Friday, 3/28 (General Academic Building 435, 2:00-3:15p) -- small-group discussion with Dr. Steve Trost:  A Journey from Engineer to Inventor to Entrepreneur
    • Wednesday, 4/9 (Student Union 460, 1:20-2:40p) -- small-group discussion with Dr. Patrick Newman:  How Executive Power can Dismantle Deep State Cronyism
    • Monday, 4/21 (General Academic Building 435, 9:30-10:45a) -- small-group discussion with Dr. Steve Trost:  Decentralization of Power and the Future of Freedom
  • Academic Discussion Sessions
  • Book Discussion Groups

    SPACE IS LIMITED // ALL SESSIONS ARE FULL

     

    Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt

    • Tuesdays (2/4 - 4/29), 9:15-10:30a
    • Tuesdays (2/4 - 4/29), 1:00-2:15p

     

    Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow by Ludwig von Mises

    • Tuesdays (2/4 - 4/1), 10:45a-noon

     

    What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray Rothbard

    • Wednesdays (2/12 - 4/30), 10:45a-noon

       

    How to Think About the Economy by Per Bylund

    • Wednesdays (2/12 - 4/30), 9:15-10:30a

     

    The Essential Joseph Schumpeter by Russell Sobel & Jason Clemens

    • Wednesdays (2/12 - 4/30), 1:00-2:15p

Free Enterprise Society

Our organization is sponsored by the Institute of Free Enterprise at OSU and is student operate. Our aim is to create and foster discussions related to economics, human flourishing and more, providing the OSU community with educational opportunities.  
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The FES Constitution

Our organizational purpose is to encourage OSU students and the campus community to learn about and discuss the free market system. Read about our structure, procedures and more at the link below. 
FES Constitution
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