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May 13, 2014
LSU Flores MBAAA to Hold Spring Training
       
The LSU Flores MBA Alumni Association will host its annual Spring Training Symposium, Wednesday, May 14, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Room 1620 of the Business Education Complex. This year's event will feature presentations about the Affordable Care Act, today's and tomorrow's workforce and generational diversity, and social media.  
 
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Crumbley Named to Oil Spill Audit Panel
      
Larry Crumbley, KPMG Endowed Professor in the LSU Department of Accounting, has been appointed to participate on a three-person audit panel that will review the settlement program arising from the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The panel was appointed in response to a motion from the office of Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau.
 
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LSUCIA Alumni Among IIA's Emerging Leaders
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LSU Center for Internal Auditing alumni Leslie Bordelon and Laura Soileau are among the Institute of Internal Auditors' 20 emerging profession leaders for this year. A panel of judges selected Bordelon, Soileau and the other 18 honorees from a pool of international candidates.Internal Auditor magazine featured the 20 selected individuals in a piece titled "Taking the Lead."
 
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Chance Receives Distinguished Faculty Award 
          
Don Chance, professor in the LSU Department of Finance, has received the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award. The university presented Chance the award at the Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony, held April 29 at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. Any full-time faculty member who has not received this award previously is eligible.
 
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Folse Wins Best Article Award
      The Journal of Advertising has awarded Judith Anne Folse, V. Price LeBlanc Developing Scholar Professor of Marketing, its 2013 Best Article Award for "Defending Brands: Effects of Alignment of Spokescharacter Personality Traits and Corporate Transgressions on Brands Trust and Attitudes," co-authored by former LSU faculty members Scot Burton and Richard Netemeyer. 
 
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Economic Development Marketing Course Open for Registration
      LSU Executive Education will offer its Economic Development Marketing and Attraction course May 20-21, at the Business Education Complex on LSU's campus, and registration for the course is now open.
Registration for the course and more information about the certification program can be found online at executive.lsu.edu. 
 
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A Look Ahead


May 15

Commencement Ceremony

 

May 16

Diploma Ceremony