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�þ��� in Dr. Thomas Tiemann’s 440 Urban Economics took an October 7 day trip to Chicago. The visit was an opportunity to learn how a city like Chicago can evolve terms of population, transportation, culture, and commerce. �þ��� rode the “L,” toured Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), Millenium Park, and the platinum-LEED-certified Chicago Center for Green Technology, the city’s prime example of urban green technology. A visit to the Chicago Board of Trade was arranged by Ed Maxwell, father of Brendan Maxwell ’05.

Elon MBA welcomed thirty-one new students to the program in September. The cohort includes graduates of Michigan State, University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, and UNC-Chapel Hill, and employees of firms such as Bank of America, Siemens Energy, Henredon Furniture Industries, Dow Corning, and Credit Suisse. Elon's MBA ranked as the nation's fifth "best administered" program in The Princeton Review's 2010 edition of the "Best 301 Business Schools."

Work by professor emeritus David Noer has appeared in recent days in a regional newspaper and in a widely read magazine that focuses on applied academics and thinking practitioners in the area of leadership and leadership development.

The MBA program of Elon’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business is ranked as the nation's fifth "best administered" program in The Princeton Review's 2010 edition of the "Best 301 Business Schools."

�þ��� alumni R.J. Yozwiak ’08 and Ian Baltutis ‘08 have been recognized for their company’s invention, “Silent Feet,” with Design News’ Golden Mousetrap Award for Materials Processing.

Michael Dougherty, chairman and CEO of Kindermusik International, challenged students to consider new paradigms of responsible leadership during a presentation last Thursday evening in the LaRose Digital Theatre of Koury Business Center.

Telling students “the only thing in life you can control is your attitude,” Dave Rendall, a former telecommunications executive who founded his own consulting firm, shared his life story Monday as the inaugural speaker in the C. Ashton Newhall Lecture Series hosted by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.