[320] Expert On Bullying To Address Hot Topic At MTSU March 17

Feb. 18, 2011
Contact: Tom Tozer, 615-898-2919; Dr. Jackie Gilbert, 615-898-5418

EXPERT ON BULLYING TO ADDRESS HOT TOPIC AT MTSU MARCH 17

MURFREESBORO—Dr. Gary Namie, nationally recognized expert on bullying, will speak at Middle Tennessee State University on Thursday, March 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the State Farm Room of the Business and Aerospace Building.
The title of his presentation is “Take a Stand: Stop Bullying.” The event, sponsored by the Distinguished Speaker Series and the Jennings A. Jones College of Business, will be free and open to the public.
Namie directs a national network of citizen lobbyists, which is working to pass into law the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill. He taught the nation’s first university course on workplace bullying and was an expert witness in the nation’s first “bullying trial” in Indiana.
Namie and his wife, Dr. Ruth Namie, produce information on eight public websites devoted to education about bullying for citizens, lawmakers, unions and employers. Their work has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, CNN, NPR and in newspapers across the country.
To alleviate locating convenient parking on the main campus, visitors may park in the large lot east of Rutherford Boulevard and ride the shuttle to the Business and Aerospace Building.
For more information, contact Dr. Jackie Gilbert in the Jones College of Business at 615-898-5418. Also, check out Gilbert’s blog on bullying at http://www.organizedforefficiency.com.

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Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution located in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU now boasts one of the nation’s first master’s degree programs in horse science, and the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C., acclaims MTSU’s Master of Science in Professional Science degree—the only one in Tennessee—as a model program. MTSU recently unveiled three new doctoral degrees in the sciences.