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MBA Advisory Council
holds lunch meeting

LAKELAND, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2003) - Florida Southern College's MBA Advisory Council will hold a luncheon meeting Oct. 8 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lyons Athletic Conference Room at the George W. Jenkins Field House on campus. The public is invited to attend. 

The luncheon is being held for FSC's MBA candidates and MBA graduates. The advisory group mentors current MBA candidates, assists in new candidate orientation, and serves as a connection between the business community and the graduates.

Guest speaker Dr. Carl C. Brown is the William F. Chatlos professor and chair of the business and economics department at Florida Southern. He holds a master's in economics from the University of South Florida and a Ph.D. in economics from Oklahoma State University with specializations in international trade and finance, public finance, and industrial organization. Brown has published the Polk Progress Economic Report quarterly since 1983 and is a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma, and the Southern Economic Association. He is active in consulting and provides expert testimony in courts of law and before government agencies such as the Florida Public Service Commission. Brown has taught at the graduate level for twenty years.

Cost for the luncheon is $8 per person. Please RSVP by Oct. 5 to Shari Szabo, director of alumni relations, 680-6234, or sszabo@flsouthern.edu.  

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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