[328] MTSU's Bangladesh Connection Subject On WMOT-FM Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 24, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

MTSU’S BANGLADESH CONNECTION SUBJECT ON WMOT-FM PROGRAM
Interest in Nation, Muhammad Yunus’ Work Discussed on ‘MTSU on the Record’

(MURFREESBORO) – Dr. Richard Hannah, professor of economics and finance, will discuss MTSU’s partnership with Chittagong University in Bangladesh on “MTSU on the Record” at 8 a.m. this Sunday, Feb. 27, with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Hannah visited Bangladesh in December 2010, lecturing at Chittagong University and visiting Grameen Bank in the capital city of Dhaka. Grameen Bank was founded by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who taught at MTSU in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Yunus is a pioneer in the practice of granting low-interest loans to poverty-stricken people so they can establish their own businesses.
To listen to previous programs, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/news/podcast/podcast2010.shtml. For more information about “MTSU on the Record,” contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.



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