Congratulations to Dr. Jane Finley, Belmont University Deloitte and Touche Professor in Accounting, for being elected to the Publix Super Markets Board of Directors. “Dr. Finley has an impressive background in finance and information technology that will complement our current Board of Directors,” said Maria Brous, Publix director of media and community relations. “She also adds another geographic area of our company to the Board as a Nashville, Tenn., resident. We are proud to have Jane as part of the Publix family.” For more on this story, visit Belmont News.
We are also proud of our Delta Epsilon Chi Team for their performance at the International Delta Epsilon Chi competition last week in Anaheim. This is the second consecutive year that we took first place in Entrepreneurship Business Plan and first and second place in the Entrepreneurial Challenge! For a list of award winners, please visit Dr. Cornwall’s blog.
After winning the Regional Championship for the fourth consecutive year, Belmont’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team will participate in the SIFE National Exposition in Philadelphia on May 12-14. In addition to the Regional Championship, the Belmont team was selected as a finalist for the 2009 SIFE USA Topic Competition for six of their projects.