Love School of Business

Art Cassill, a professor of accounting, has been named Elon University's first Wesley R. Elingburg Professor. Cassill was recognized during Fall Convocation on Oct. 23, where Elon trustee Wes Elingburg and his wife, Cathy, were in attendance for the presentation. It was their generous gift to the university that made possible the endowed professorship.

David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership at Elon, had a column published Oct. 26, 2008, in the (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record. The column, "How to resist spin masters," advocates the need for all responsible citizens to resist the spin put on events by the media and develop the capacity for reflection and healthy skepticism.

The financial crisis that placed Wall Street on a daily roller coaster has several causes, and on Oct. 15, four economic panelists offered their thoughts about recent market turmoil to a room of students, faculty and staff from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business.

The MBA program of Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business is ranked in the top 10 in two categories in The Princeton Review's 2009 edition of the "Best 296 Business Schools." The school was ranked sixth in the nation for “best administered” program and seventh in the nation for “best classroom experience.”