College of Business Newsletter

October 7, 2005

Marketing & Business Law News:

Debra Burke attended the Supreme Court Preview sponsored by the Institute of Bill of Rights Law at William and Mary’s Law School in Williamsburg at the end of September. She reports that it was an informative and educational look at the cases that will be heard by the Supreme Court this year.

"OECD and Corporate Goverance: Implications for U.S. Pension Funds" co-authored by Jayne Zanglein, Prof. Nancy Lasher, and student Jaimini Desai was published by the NYU Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation.

 In October, Jayne Zanglein will be traveling to South Africa to work with the Congress of South African Trade Unions on a response to the National Treasury's Pension Reform legislation.

Professor Steve Henson and colleagues had two articles published in the Journal of Health and Human Resources, Vol 27-4.  The articles were “An Expedited Model for Health Care Management at the Graduate Level” and “Key Tasks in Healthcare Marketing:  Assessing Importance and Level of Knowledge”.

Professor Henson and colleagues received an acceptance notice for “Satisfaction for Healthcare Employees: A Quest for the Holy Grail?” The article is tentatively scheduled for The Health Care Manager, Issue 25:2 (April-June 2006). 

Professor Henson will be presenting a workshop to the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists in late October.  He is also working with Continuing and Distance Education to develop an audiology practice management program. 

Professor Henson was part of a UNC system delegation to China September 22 through October 3.  The delegation included 18 members from around the system and investigated opportunities for student and faculty exchange, the availability of Chinese language and culture teachers, and an intensive summer program.

Lorrie Willey has published two more articles in the Western Carolina Business Journal. “HIPAA: Securing Health Insurance and Health Information” and “Insuring Your Business Success” appeared in the August and September 2005 issues, respectively.

Carol Kashmer of the Guardian Ad Litem program is the Business and Law Society’s kick-off speaker for the “Guest Speakers” series. A Vista volunteer, she will discuss court advocacy for children and the role of and need for volunteers with that organization on October 19 at noon in FO 223. In November, Chad Royal of the State Bureau of Investigation is on tap to talk about his work to interested students. Please encourage your students to attend. Look out for flyers!

The Business and Law Society held a two-day membership drive at the College of Business on September 20-21. Thirty interested students signed up for mailings and more information. The Business and Law Society held a cook out for its October 6 meeting. Students had some fun while making decisions about the campus and community projects in which the Society plans to engage this year.

Surveyor Bob Burns of Burns Land Surveying in Sylva will be speaking to the LAW 403 Property and Estates class on October 19 at 1pm. Ms. Burns will present on the work of a surveyor and the nature of the metes and bounds property description.

The Public Policy Institute initiated a campus-wide essay contest, “America Without the First Amendment.” Emmanuel Crump was the first place winner and Brenda Sallee was the second place winner of the contest. Emmanuel is a member of Janet Ford’s Individual Rights class and Brenda is a member of Janet’s Individual Rights Honors class. Brenda is also a member of Lorrie Willie’s Introduction to Law class. Professor Willie assigned the essay to the class as a class project. Congratulations Emmanuel and Brenda!

Dr. Malcolm Abel attended the annual meeting of the ALSB in San Francisco in August where he presented his paper "Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog: Mighty Fine Wines and Interstate Commerce." He now knows why Mark Twain said that the coldest winter he ever spent was a foggy summer in San Francisco. But, the warm, sunny drive up the Napa Valley and the dinner in evening twilight on the bay in Sausalito was very nice.

Dr Malcolm Abel's presentation, "What is a Reasonable Woman," at the September meeting of the Asheville Area Paralegal Association was well received. He gave a brief history of women's legal rights and the innate problems of using the "reasonable man standard" in applying the law to women in the 21st Century.

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