Archive for November 19, 2008

A group of 30 students from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business witnessed firsthand the steel manufacturing process during a visit to a South Carolina plant owned by Nucor Steel Corp., currently ranked #4 in the Business Week Top 50 company rankings that has “long been known as the best operator in the steel business.”  

Oxford University Press will publish next month Contracts for the Sale of Goods, a new book by visiting professor of law Henry Gabriel. It is the latest achievement for Gabriel in an autumn filled with presentations and conferences around the globe.

A four-member faculty of academics and attorneys will conduct a seminar titled "What You Need to Know About Public Records and Open Meetings in North Carolina" Nov. 20 in Raleigh. Lorman Education Services is offering the daylong seminar for continuing education credit. Sunshine Center Assistant Director Dale Harrison will serve on the faculty, conducting a session titled “Sunshine Legislation in North Carolina: Current Conditions and a Forecast for the Future.”

From the Fayetteville Observer (11/19/08): The Fayetteville City Council may have violated the North Carolina Open Meetings Law when it met behind closed doors to discuss personnel matters, according to two advocates for open government.