Love School of Business

Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, lectured to students at the Dublin Institute of Technology on Oct. 5 in Dublin, Ireland.

"Fresh. Friendly. Fast." For Burney Jennings '87, president and CEO of the North Carolina-based Biscuitville restaurant chain, it's those qualities - and in that order - that have made the company founded by his father, Maurice Jennings '57, such a success. The younger Jennings shared his family's story with a crowded LaRose Digital Theatre on Sept. 15, 2010, in the annual Legends of Business program sponsored by the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business.

Elon's student-produced MBA blog, Elon MBA: A Program for Your Busy Life welcomes three new student bloggers. The blog tells the stories of Elon MBA students as they work toward their degree while balancing professional, family and community commitments.

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.

Entrepreneurship students participated Sept. 23 in The Indus Entrepreneurs of Carolina’s (TiE) networking event at the Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh, N.C. The students networked with approximately 80 high growth and technology entrepreneurs as part of their Entrepreneurship Skills course taught by Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Several students in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business walked into classes on Friday, Sept. 10, to a bit of a surprise. At the front of the classroom stood not only their faculty members, but also representatives of the Elon Alumni Board, who visited the classes to share industry and career advice with the next generation of Elon’s alumni. The Alumni Board held its semiannual meetings on campus Sept. 10-11.

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