Willimantic, Conn. – Economics Professor Dimitrios S. Pachis of Eastern Connecticut State University has been awarded a $1,500 grant from the international economics honor society, Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), to augment the experience received by Eastern students studying economics. Pachis sought grant support from Omicron Delta Epsilon to bring in an outside speaker to enrich the minds of Eastern’s economics students; to increase activities that encourage scholarly interaction between students and faculty; and to provide students the opportunity for funding to go to conferences and present papers.