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Venture capitalist and former NASA astronaut Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. will address students, faculty and students in an Oct. 20, 2010, ceremony to honor him with the Elon University Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, the program in Whitley Auditorium is free and open to the public.

Nineteen Business Fellows and six faculty members from the Love School of Business traveled to New York City September 23-26 to visit Wall Street firms and network with Elon alumni as part of the annual Business Fellows Fall NYC trip.

Hotelethics.com was launched on Thursday, September 23 by Love School of Business management professor Betsy Stevens and senior accounting major and Business Fellow Jennifer Kirts.

Mary Gowan, dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, was appointed to the board of the Institute for Sustainable Development.

Beta Alpha Psi is sponsoring a Graduate School Forum on September 28th at 7:30 pm, LaRose Digital Theatre. The Grad School Forum will showcase several Masters of Accounting (MAcc) and MBA programs, and is open to all LSB students.

Michael Rodriguez, assistant professor of sales and marketing in the Love School of Business, recently published an article, "The Role of Social CRM & Its Impact on Lead Generation in B2B Sales," in Carolina Business Connection.

Maurice Jennings ‘57, founder of Biscuitville restaurant and Burney Jennings ‘87, Biscuitville president, will be featured as the Love School of Business Legends of Business speakers on Wednesday, September 15, 4:30 pm. in the LaRose Digital Theatre. The event is open to all Elon students, faculty, and staff. A reception will follow.

Elon’s Lambda Xi chapter of Beta Alpha Psi hosted its annual Meet and Greet for finance and accounting students in McKinnon Hall on September 13. More than 100 students met with representatives from 24 firms, including IBM Corp, Credit Suisse, Ernst & Young, LabCorp, and KPMG.

Tina Das, professor of economics, and Casey Dirienzo, associate professor of economics and Associate Dean of the Love School of Business, have published a paper titled “Tourism Competitiveness and Corruption: A Cross Country Analysis” in Tourism Economics, 16(3): 477-492.