[193] MTSU to Host Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 16-20

MTSU TO HOST GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK NOV. 16-20
Events Aimed at Helping Students Become Self-Starters, Innovators

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 11, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina E. Fann, 615-898-5385

(MURFREESBORO)— MTSU is joining entrepreneurship educators worldwide the week of Nov. 16-20 to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, an effort to connect young people through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.

The university’s Department of Business Communication and Entrepreneurship and Wright Travel Chair in Entrepreneurship in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business is working in conjunction with the Department of Recording Industry in the College of Mass Communication to conduct the event.

Included in a week of outstanding speakers are:

• Steve Moore, senior vice president AEG Live!/Moore Entertainment and president of the Country Music Association, who’ll provide a keynote address on Monday, Nov. 16, for the Department of Recording Industry; and

• David Bullock, social media expert and co-author (with Brent Leary) of “Barack 2.0: Barack Obama’s Social Media Lessons for Business,” and Rich Miles, founder and managing member of CAPSTONE Business Advisors LLC, who’ll team up for keynote speeches for the big finale event in the College of Business on Friday, Nov. 20.

“We live in a global business environment, and we recognize the need to celebrate this fact through our Global Entrepreneurship Week events, which we believe enhance awareness of our students and the public of the vital role entrepreneurship plays in national and international business development,” said Patrick Geho, associate professor of entrepreneurship and state executive director of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center. “Many thanks go to the Department of Business Communication and Entrepreneurship and fellow GEW event organizers.”

During the week, students and guests can:

• enjoy a variety of exciting speakers/entrepreneurs and free food;
• meet and network with successful entrepreneurs including nationally known entrepreneurs;
• learn how entrepreneurs can strategically leverage social media;
• gain insight into zoning and planning issues entrepreneurs need to know;
• hear a banker discuss financial planning for entrepreneurs;
• learn about the Middle Tennessee business climate; and
• listen to some of the best entrepreneurs talk about their experiences and insights.

“This week's events provide a broad base of experienced business leaders to share their expertise to encourage our students to know they can reach for the stars and attain whatever goal their entrepreneurial spirits seek,” said Ramona DeSalvo, an assistant professor of recording industry and one of the event organizers.

Global Entrepreneurship Week events will be held in the Business and Aerospace Building and the Bragg Mass Communication Building, and all events are open to the public.

For a complete agenda of the week’s events, please visit the entrepreneurship Web site at http://www.mtsu.edu/~entre. For more information, please call 615-898-2902.

NOTE: Off-campus visitors may obtain a campus map and parking pass at the MTSU Tennessee Small Business Development Center office, which is located in the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Building at 501 Memorial Blvd. in Murfreesboro.

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With three Nobel Prize winners among its alumni and former faculty, MTSU confers master’s degrees in 10 areas, the Specialist in Education degree, the Doctor of Arts degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree. MTSU is ranked among the top 100 public universities in the nation in the Forbes “America’s Best Colleges” 2009 survey.
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IN BRIEF—MTSU is celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 16-20 with several outstanding speakers and events in an effort to connect young people through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. All events are free and open to the public. For a complete agenda of the week’s events, please visit the entrepreneurship Web site at www.mtsu.edu/~entre. For more information, please call 615-898-2902.

For MTSU news and information, visit www.mtsunews.com.


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ATTENTION, MEDIA: For color JPEGs of the three principal speakers, please contact Gina E. Fann in the Office of News and Public Affairs via e-mail at gfann@mtsu.edu or by calling 615-898-5385.

Thanks!