In response to a Wall Street Journal commentary on banning laptops in the classroom, Dean Urban writes that faculty should ask instead: “What can I do to improve learning in my classroom? . . . If you give students enough to do . . . they won’t have time for their laptops and smart phones." http://www.wsj.com/articles/oblivious-to-everyone-but-totally-connected-1468613873
Jones College has maintained its business and accounting accreditations from AACSB International. Only 183 institutions—less than 1.5 percent of all collegiate business programs in the world—have double accreditation for business and accounting from AACSB.
Congratulations to May graduate and Business Plan Competition winner Hunter Marlowe for his Jambourine invention! Wright Travel Chair of Entrepreneurship sponsored the competition, giving a big boost to student entrepreneurship with cash prizes: http://bit.ly/27hMPgp#entrepreneurship
Jennings A. Jones College of Business at MTSU is partnering with Rutherford Cable women’s professional leadership organization to help groom the next generation of female leaders. http://www.mtsunews.com/inaugural-athena-forum-2016/
MTSU alumna and local United Way CEO Meagan Flippin talks to a small group of MTSU Jones College of Business students at the inaugural Rutherford ATHENA Leadership Forum held March 18 at the MT Center at MTSU. Hosted by Rutherford Cable and the Jones College, the forum connected select women students with Rutherford Cable professionals for networking and leadership training. (MTSU photos by J. Intintoli)
“Tennessee has been remarkably successful in attracting foreign investment in recent years. It is a real plus given how slow economic growth has been not only nationally but globally,” said Steven Livingston, the “Global Commerce” editor and BERC fellow who has produced the quarterly report since the late 1990s. [http://news-from-mtsu.blogspot.com/2016/03/377-mtsu-study-foreign-investment.html]
Jones College is proud to present its new Executive Education Center! Don't miss the ribbon cutting and open house for the Andrew Woodfin Miller Sr. Education Center, 503 East Bell Street, on Monday, March 14, at 10 a.m.
The statewide Tennessee Business Barometer index declined significantly to 146 from 243 in October 2015. The quarterly index is a collaboration between Middle Tennessee State University and the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry to capture the mood and outlook of business leaders through online surveys. http://www.mtsunews.com/tn-business-barometer-jan2016/