Love School of Business

BizEd, a magazine for the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, published a short review of professor emeritus David Noer's new book, Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Corporations, in its September/October edition.

Professor emeritus David Noer in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business has been cited twice in recent weeks in influential business publications.

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, was a featured webcast speaker Aug. 21 at the University of Sacred Heart Entrepreneurship Workshop in San Jose, Puerto Rico.

The 4th annual MBA Tailgate Party & Football Game will be held Saturday, September 26 at Rhodes Stadium. The tailgate starts at 12 pm, with kick-off for the Elon vs. Georgia Southern game at 1:30 pm. For more info or to request tickets (free for MBA students, $10 for alumni and friends, and $5 for kids age five and under), please contact Judy Dulberg, MBA Program Coordinator, at 278-5930 or jdulberg@elon.edu.

BusinessWeek featured Elon's efforts to reach out to students' families as part of its Career Services programs. The magazine says, " ... It's hard to find a school that has more seamlessly capitalized on friends and family networks than Elon University in North Carolina..."

Andrea Dorrow, an economics and business major and one of the inaugural Lumen Scholars, was featured in the annual report of the Beit CURE International Hospital in Malawi. As part of her Lumen Scholar research, Dorrow spent time in the southeast African country studying the role that minimal healthcare plays in determining the economic health of a developing nation.

Mark Kurt, an assistant professor of economics, spoke with the (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record for a Sept. 1 story on the sales and excise tax increases taking effect in North Carolina.

"Strategy development in small and medium sized enterprises for sustainability and increased value creation," an article co-authored by associate professor of management Susan Manring, was in the top 10 downloads for the Journal of Cleaner Production over the last six months.

The Elon chapter of Beta Alpha Psi is hosting a Meet and Greet on September 14 from 6 to 8 p.m in McKinnon Hall, Moseley Center.

The annual networking event is an opportunity for accounting and finance students and accounting firms to interact in a professional and social setting. The Meet and Greet is organized by members of Beta Alpha Psi, the international honorary organization for financial professionals. Representatives from 26 firms, including Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, Deloitte Touche, Ernst & Young, IBM Corporation, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, will be on hand to talk to students. For more info contact Shannon Kimball, skimball@elon.edu.

When: Monday September 14, 6-8 p.m.
Where: McKinnon Hall, Moseley Center

Professor emeritus David Noer is scheduled to appear on Fox Business Network on Friday, Sept. 4, at 10:20 a.m. to discuss his book Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Corporations.