Category: Business
Retired economics professor dies
The Sweet Briar community was saddened to learn of the death of William “Bill” Lewis Hostetler II, associate professor of economics and director of the business management program emeritus, on Saturday, May 4, 2013.
Hansbrough rides away with Presidential Medal
When Elizabeth Hansbrough received an email summoning her to see the president Wednesday morning, she guessed she was either in trouble or, maybe, she was about to be awarded Sweet Briar’s highest all-around student honor.
Sweet Briar riders receive ODAC honors
Sweet Briar senior Elizabeth Hansbrough has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete of 2013.
Zombies, luncheon resonate with donors
Sweet Briar College business students raised nearly $3,000 in two recent fundraisers to benefit the Jennifer Hunter Yates Sarcoma Foundation. Both events were held in honor of Sweet Briar student Claire Shaw ’15, who was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma this summer.
Sweet Briar students combat Ewing’s sarcoma by “Dining For a Cure”
Sweet Briar College business students will host a spaghetti luncheon and silent auction from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, at First Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg.
College hosts 5K zombie run
Sweet Briar College business students will host “Run For Your Life,” a 5K zombie run from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at the College. Proceeds from the event benefit the Jennifer Hunter Yates Sarcoma Foundation.
Connecting experience to innovation
The Salt Block Project, a student-run initiative of Sweet Briar’s business department, hosted its second Entrepreneurship Awards Dinner Thursday, Oct. 11, in Prothro Dining Room. Jenness Gough ’13 handed out the “Salty Awards,” as they are informally known, to recognize recipients in three categories.
Salt Block honors business innovators
The Sweet Briar College business department will host its second Salt Block Project Entrepreneur Awards Dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 in Prothro Dining Room.
Business Sophomores Place Second in State
Emily Cochran ’14 and Katie Drake ’14 recently placed second in a statewide competition sponsored by Virginia Phi Beta Lambda. Cochran scored second highest in the state on a statistical analysis test, while Drake was second on a financial concepts test. Phi Beta Lambda, the college and university division of the Future Business Leaders of [...]
Sophomore Entrepreneurs Promote Safe Driving
In August 2011, Sweet Briar students Allissa Abdelwahed ’14 and Anna Richards ’14 formed a business partnership that is starting to make waves. They are calling it Sweet Drivers, and it all began last summer when Abdelwahed, an international affairs and philosophy major and business minor, was learning to drive. Abdelwahed’s mother, concerned for her [...]
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