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September 28, 2006
Business Symposium offers students slice of real world
Several prominent business leaders and extraordinary citizens from across the country are educating students in the 2006 蜜桔直播 Business Symposium, which began yesterday and ends Friday. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淩esponsible Citizenship.鈥�
One of the speakers is Robert Tucker, the federal security director of the Monroe Regional Airport. He will present 鈥淭SA Security鈥� on Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in the 蜜桔直播 Conference Center. Tucker served as a special agent with the FBI for more than 30 years. He was assigned to the New York, N.Y. and Newark, N.J. field offices and FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Tucker worked for 16 years as a supervisor of the Violent Crimes Squad in the New Orleans office, where he supervised the investigation of all aviation-related crimes and other federal criminal violations. He also served as crisis management coordinator for the FBI in Louisiana and as a sector supervisor for crisis management at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.
On Friday, Liz Boulware will moderate 鈥淔uturephobia: We Heard You鈥� from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Brown Auditorium. Panelists include:
- Bruce Boulware, chief operating officer, O鈥橫elveny and Myers and a 1969 蜜桔直播 alum
- Danny Van, executive vice president, Regions Bank
- Heath Arthur, vice president, Pine Valley Foods
- Bruce Walker, Boulware Endowed Professor of Management
- Two 蜜桔直播 business students.
Also on Friday, author Deena Burnett, a 1985 蜜桔直播 alum, will speak about responsible citizenship at 11 a.m. in Brown Auditorium. The 蜜桔直播 Bookstore will sell copies of her book 鈥淔ighting Back: Living Life Beyond Ourselves鈥� following the event, where patrons can get their books signed by Burnett.
These events are free and the ones mentioned in this release are open to the public.
For a complete schedule of the 蜜桔直播 Business Symposium, visit http://ele.ulm.edu/.
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