The reality is that it is no longer sufficient for students to merely get through an institution of higher learning with a diploma in hand; graduates today need to be more multi-faceted and diverse in both their knowledge and skills than ever before.
Turney Stevens
Turney Stevens, Dean of the College of Business at Lipscomb University was recently named one of 2009’s Most Influential People in Business Ethics by the Ethisphere Institute, a leading international think-tank dedicated to the advancement of best practices in business ethics.
Stevens was recognized along with leaders such as Bill Gates, Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke and United States President Barak Obama.
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See the full list of those recognized by the Ethisphere Institute here.
In many ways, I feel like my journey has now come full circle. Coming from the position an international student to now a staff member at ELI360, I am passionate about extending the same kind of excellence in service to any student looking to attend one of our many distinguished partner universities.
Once again, Mother Nature has brought the world to a standstill. On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ripped through Haiti. This tiny Caribbean nation is home to an estimated nine million people. About 80% of them live beneath the poverty level with 54% of them living in abject poverty. What has truly caught the attention of the world is not the force of the earthquake but the deadly aftermath which has already reached an estimated death toll of 200,000. …read more