Business Plan Competition for MTSU Students and Alumni

www.mtsubusinessplan2015.istart.org 

The Wright Travel Chair in Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition is open to MTSU students and alumni. First prize, $7,500; second, $5,000. Applications and submissions are due by noon Feb. 26.

• www.mtsubusinessplan2015.istart.org 
• http://www.mtsu.edu/entre/wright_travel.php

New Jones College Course on Family Businesses

A new course starting in January will focus on family businesses: BCEN 4100. http://www.dnj.com/story/money/business/2014/11/28/new-course-focuses-family-businesses/19611143/

Assistant professor Jerry Kudlats will teach the class, and Patrick Geho, executive state director of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center, is helping him line up guest speakers.

Entrepreneurship Resources

http://www.12thandbroad.com/entrepreneurs 

Jones College of Business is partnering with 12th and Broad on a venture provide resources and information for entrepreneurs. It will feature interviews with the new chairholder of the Wright Travel Chair of Entrepreneurship, Bill McDowell. [Tennessean article]

Hemby Named NBEA Collegiate Educator

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Virginia Hemby for recently winning 2014 NBEA Collegiate Educator in LA, CA! (At right is Robert Blair.)

"Coachepreneur" Speaks on Campus

MTSU alumnus Micheal Burt, self-titled "coachepreneur," told students that in order to get ahead in the job market they would have to “look different and run faster." The author of Zebras & Cheetahs: Look Different and Stay Agile to Survive the Business Jungle, Burt spoke on campus during Global Entrepreneurship Week. [article] (Photo by MTSU Photographic Services)

Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 15-23

"The Nov. 15-22 event will feature a series of guest speakers coming to campus to share expertise on topics ranging from how to glean commercial ideas from research to pursuing entrepreneurship following a corporate career.... [more]."

[speakers schedule]

Henderson Wins Innovative Excellence Award

Ronda Henderson, Department of Business Communication and Entrepreneurship, received the 2013 Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology. The competition was open to the entire university.

Henderson will represent  Jones College and MTSU at the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, in March, where she will make a presentation about her work and be honored at a special awards ceremony, which will include the presentation of a trophy.  She will also be the MTSU nominee for the Ernest L. Boyer International Award for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology.

Students Dress For Success with Raiders' Closet

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Raiders' Closet Dress for Success Fashion Show

The Raiders' Closet Dress for Success 2013 Spring Fashion Show will be May 1 in the State Farm Room, Business Aerospace Building Room S102, from 7 to 9 p.m.  The event is sponsored by Belk, Men's Wearhouse, and Jos. A. Bank.

About Raiders' Closet 

Do you have business clothing you can no longer wear that is taking up closet space? MTSU students often lack the appropriate professional attire needed to create the best impression in an interview or internship setting. Many students simply cannot afford the cost of a business suit. You can donate your gently used, professionally dry-cleaned men’s and women’s business attire (suits, shirts, slacks,  blouses, ties, skirts, jackets, and scarves) to MTSU students in need.

Students who receive your clothing donations will be able to participate in interviews, internships, job fairs, and formal presentations because they will have the necessary professional business attire.

Donated items must be dry cleaned and on hangers. Men’s shirts must be folded for shelf storage. All clothing donations must be professional business attire.

Note: Raiders’ Closet reserves the right to refuse to receive/accept clothing donations that are not professional business attire.

To make a clothing donation, please contact:

• Jaye Kiblinger, Raiders’ Closet Coordinator:  (615) 898-2902
• Dr. Virginia Hemby: (615) 898-2369

Drop off:

BCEN Department
Jones College of Business
BAS N429

Note: Raiders’ Closet now has a Foundation account  for tax‐deductible monetary donations.

Gifts-in-kind donations are handled through MTSU Development and Foundation Office.

• Instructions for Gifts-in-Kind donations 
• Raiders' Closet
• Business Communication and Entrepreneurship

FBLA Region 4 Conference

Tennessee’s Region 4 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) held its annual conference at MTSU on February 8, 2011. The Department of Business Communication and Entrepreneurship (BCEN) hosted a reception for the participants and teachers and served as judges and proctors for the competitive events.

The events involved over 300 students from local high schools and middle schools in numerous business disciplines. Region 4 consists of Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Perry, Rutherford, Wayne, and Williamson counties.

Obituary: Dr. Anna Burford

Dr. Anna M. Burford, 83, died on Jan. 5, 2011. Dr. Burford was employed by MTSU from August 1981 until her retirement in July 2000. She was a professor in the Department of Business Education, Marketing Education and Office Management [BCEN, from the Record].

Would You Pay $170,000 for a Consultant?

Doug Tatum, associate professor [Business Communication and Entrepreneurship], who holds the Wright Travel Chair in Entrepreneurship, was quoted in a New York Times blog post on running a small business.

Alumna Wright Recognized

MTSU alumna and Nashville businesswoman Pamela J. Wright has been recognized by the Tennessee Board of Regents with its Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropy. The award, presented by TBR Chancellor John Morgan, recognizes Wright, who made a $1.25 million commitment in 2007 to establish an endowed chair in entrepreneurship, for her outstanding support of MTSU. [more at mtsunews.com]

[Wright Travel Chair of Entrepreneurship]

Business Plan Development

The Fall Semester Business Communication and Entrepreneurship 4620 Business Plan Development students individually present their business plans to a panel of judges who represent the business community. Pictured are students Steven Estes and Charles Barnett, who where both recognized for their respective plan feasibility and the due diligence support documentation. Students are also judged on their ability to convey the plan contents through an oral presentation and defense of their plan.

Business plan award winner Steven Estes with 
Judge Ronnie Martin, V.P., Mid-South Bank,

Murfreesboro

Business plan award winner Charles Barnett
with judge Gene Osekowsky, director,
Small Business Development Center.