Love School of Business

High school students with an interest in developing their own entrepreneurial spirit can take part in a new summer program sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Elon University.

Thirty-five undergraduate and MBA students were inducted into the Elon University chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society in a May 10 ceremony in the LaRose Digital Theatre.

Mark Kurt, an assistant professor of economics, presented a new working paper, "Discouraging Workers: Estimating the Impact of Macroeconomic Shocks on Search Intensity of the Unemployed" at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business welcomes Xuefeng Shao as a visiting professor of economics from Jilin University, Changchun City, China. Shao arrived at Elon University on March 1 and will spend the upcoming year conducting economic research and teaching a class during the fall semester.

Mary Gowan, who has been dean of Elon University’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business since 2007, will step down as dean at the conclusion of the 2010-11 academic year. She will remain as a faculty member in the Love School of Business, teaching courses as a professor of management.

Steve DeLoach, a professor of economics, presented results from his newest research project at RWTH Aachen University on May 3, 2011. The paper, "Discouraging Workers: Estimating Impacts of Macroeconomic Shocks on Search Intensity of Unemployed," is co-authored by assistant professor Mark Kurt.

Four Elon University students from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business have reached the “final four” of the IMA Student Case Competition and will travel to Orlando in June for the finals.