Mississippi State University’s College of Business will host its third annual Leadership Summit Sept. 29-30. The theme of this year’s event is “Creating the New Economy.”
The event consists of numerous speakers and events which will be free to students. Barbara Spencer, associate dean of the College of Business and a management professor, said students should expect “a world-class event.”
Spencer said this year’s Leadership Summit has a strong agenda with a lineup consisting of nationally know political correspondents James Carville and Mary Matalin, CNN business correspondent Ali Velshi, The North Face founder Hap Klopp and Ben and Jerry’s founder Jerry Greenfield.
Other speakers will include
Anthony Topazzi, CEO of Mississippi
Power; Liza Looser, CEO
of the Cirlot Agency; Sherry Stegall,
vice president of Cellular
South; John James, CEO of the
James Group and many more.
“The event will be informative,
entertaining and stimulating,”
Spencer said. “There will be
much food for thought and fun.”
Emily Jones, a graphic design
major, said she thinks the College
of Business picked excellent
speakers.
“The lineup sounds pretty diverse,
so it should be interesting
to hear what they all have to say,”
Jones said.
Rachael Jeffcoat, broadcast
communication major, said she
is excited for this year’s lineup.
“It seems like this year they
have speakers covering a broad
range of jobs and leadership
positions,” Jeffcoat said. “The
speakers will all have very different
perspectives.”
Spencer said she encourages
students, faculty and the community
to attend the summit because
the speakers have so much
to share about the current economic
situation and the future
of our country’s economy.
“We are extremely lucky to be
bringing so many people of this
caliber to Mississippi State University,”
Spencer said.
Jones said she thinks it is good
for MSU to hold conferences.
“It is good to have stuff like
this for the people who are interested
– I know a lot of people
that went to Colin Powell last
year,” Jones said.
Jeffcoat said he thinks bringing
these to campus is good for
the university.
“It is very good that MSU
hosts programs such as this,” Jeffcoat
said. “It brings a fresh perspective
to our school.”
Jeffcoat, who attended last
year’s summit, said she will be in
attendance again this year.
“I want to hear all the different
speakers, especially Jerry
Greenfeild and the CNN correspondent,”
Jeffcoat said.
Spencer said the Leadership
Summit was created by the College
of Business with the assistance
from Academic Outreach
and Continuing Education.
“It’s a top quality event,” Spencer
said. “We couldn’t do it without
the many student volunteers
who help to make it happen.”
For more information visit
summit.msstate.edu/index.
html.
Spencer said students will be
able to obtain tickets to selected
events for free as long as seats are
available.