Archive for June 22, 2010

Kevin O'Mara, a professor of management, and Gary Palin, director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, presented their paper "A Cross-National Empirical Study Investigating the Role of Purchasing Purpose has on the Country-of-Origin Effect" on May 30 at the ABWIC Conference in Nashville, Tenn.

June ushered in the start of several construction projects on campus, including renovations and construction in Alumni Gym, Latham Park, Greek housing and the Colonnades. Work also continues on Alumni Field House to the north of Rhodes Stadium.

Officers from several local police agencies, as well as employees from Norfolk Southern, held an awareness checkpoint Tuesday morning at the railroad crossing on Williamson Avenue where they distributed pamphlets that shared safety tips for driving over tracks.