Community Program Honored
Perdue School Paula Morris (Management and
Marketing) is the founder of Kids of
Honor, Inc., a non-profit organization
Franklin P. Perdue School of Business that strives to give local youth the help
they need to achieve their goals. In
this capacity, Morris accepted the
Research Family Style environmental economist who Business Leadership Award
asked farmers in the region about Community Foundation of the
Dr. Jill Caviglia-Harris (Economics The Perdue School of Business Eastern Shore’s 2009 Richard A.
their economic livelihood and impact
and Finance) along with faculty from Leadership Award pays tribute to area Henson Award of Excellence,
on the environment. Harris is a
North Carolina State University and business leaders for their contributions honoring outstanding non-profit
geographer who mapped the locations
the University of California-Santa to the University and greater organizations on Maryland’s Lower
of the farmers interviewed as well as
Barbara, were awarded a $530,000 community. Last year’s inaugural Eastern Shore, on behalf of the
roads, commercial locations and
grant from the National Science honoree was Alan Newberry, the organization. Community leader Jan
health locations.
Foundation (NSF) to spend July doing former president and retiring CEO of Perdue presented the award during the
field work in Brazil. This was her third Peninsula Regional Medical Center. foundation’s annual meeting. Founded
NSF grant since her dissertation on During his tenure, the hospital in 2001, Kids of Honor enhances
land use patterns in deforested areas of experienced tremendous growth and 17 local youth programs by
the Amazon in 1996. Caviglia-Harris, fiscal success. The number of encouraging personal responsibility
her husband Dr. Dan Harris employees rose from 1,957 to 2,911, among their participants. Daily, Kids
(Geography and Geosciences) and securing its position as one of of Honor reaches about 500 youth in
Building For The Future Meeting The Accounting Challenge
their two children traveled to Brazil to Salisbury’s largest employers. programs they already attend. As the new home for the Perdue When it comes to accounting, SU
research and have a unique family Emergency Department visits grew Monthly, about 350 families are School rises on the campus horizon, students are No. 1 in the Maryland,
experience. Caviglia-Harris is an from 47,700 to 83,400. Outpatient invited to Kids of Honor gatherings. the building has many exciting Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Center visits increased from 256,000 One hundred percent of its features. Of particular interest will be North Carolina and Washington,
to 491,500. Financially, operating participants have graduated on a new Business Outreach Services D.C., region for the second straight
revenue rose from $98 million to time or ahead of schedule. Suite (BOSS), a headquarters for year. SU’s team took first place in the
$370 million, and more than Perdue School community outreach annual Goodman Accounting
$150 million dollars in capital efforts featuring incubator offices and Challenge, giving Salisbury back-to-
equipment and technology have been training and collaboration rooms. The back wins in the competition. SU has
reinvested into the Medical Center building will include a stock market entered 15 teams into the preliminary
over the past decade. Peninsula electronic ticker, Internet café and challenge over the past seven years;
Regional also expanded from just over 200-seat auditorium. Specialized 11 have made it to the finals, and the
700,000 square feet to nearly business labs will allow students access University has won it three times.
one million square feet. to resources in their fields of study. Hosted by the Virginia-based
Meeting rooms, including a computer Goodman & Co., one of the nation’s
lab, a training center, an observation largest accounting and consulting
suite for focus groups, executive firms, the challenge is an interactive
classrooms and an M.B.A. suite with and educational competition created
case rooms, will help students engage to promote the integrity of the
in team projects as well as individual accounting profession and recognize
research. The building will have 25 outstanding students. Students on
classrooms and labs, including one for the first-place team earned $1,500
distance learning, 63 faculty offices, each, with an additional $2,500
staff offices and a suite for business going to SU’s Accounting and
student organizations. Legal Studies Department.
2001 2008 2009
SU Project Management Perdue School earned
2006 AACSB re-accreditation
Group became BEACON
Alternative energy sources
examined by students at Atlantic
2002 County Utilities Authority
SU became the first U.S. university to Perdue School became one of only
BEACON secured a $2.4 million Five SU students won the enter into a joint degree program eight business schools in the world
Ground broken on
Regional Transportation Grant College Fed Challenge, with the Dongbei (China) University accredited by the Network of
Perdue School building
to expand area public Richmond district of Finance and Economics International Business Schools
transportation services
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