Southeastern NEWS

                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
                                           SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
                                           504/549-2341/fax 504-549-2061
    Date: 10/10/96
      Contact:                           Michelle Brouillette Chauvin  24



SLU BUSINESS WEEK SET FOR OCTOBER 21-25
     HAMMOND -- The Southeastern Louisiana University College of Business has declared
the week of October 21-25, 1996 as "Business Week."
     "Business Week is designed to bring the College of Business closer to the business
community," said coordinator Lynn Stirling "and to allow our students to share in the real-world
experiences of top business leaders in our area."
     More than 50 business leaders from a variety of career fields will participate in the
program by addressing various business classes. 
     The classes are open to the public.
     Scheduled to appear are:

Monday, October 21-- Ralph Lipscomb, Social Security Administration; Ricky Howes,
MetLife; The Honorable Diane Winston, Louisiana State House of Representatives; Todd
Gautreaux, Neill Corporation and Major Ted McGehee, The McGehee Agency.

Tuesday, October 22 -- John Hunsaker, Entergy Operations, InC.; William Joubert and Casey
Willis, SLU Small Business Development Center; Shannon Kirkpatrick, KPMG Peat Marwick;
Terry Adams, Community State Bank; Stefan Speligene, United Parcel Service; John Vaughan,
Parish National Bank; James Cathey, North Oaks Health Systems; Howes; Susan Riso, Entergy
Services, Inc.; Rebecca St. Cyr, Tangipahoa Parish School System; Jack Bonin, New Orleans
Federal Reserve Branch Bank; Tommy Patterson, The Investigative Group, Inc.; Sandy Ebel,
Brooke Staffing; and Tom Douple, SLU Athletics.

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(ADD ONE -- SLU BUSINESS WEEK)

Wednesday, October 23 -- Douple; Debbie Lapeyrouse, LA Capitol Federal Credit Union;
William P. Galle' Jr. and Beverly House Nelson, University of New Orleans; Edward Gautier,
SLU Purchasing and Property Control; Robby Miller and Miguel Delgado, PC Warehouse; Judy
Cannella Schott, Gilsbar, Inc.; Nicole Danjean, Standard Companies, Inc.; Lynda Wilson, Kelly
Services; The Honorable John D. Saunders, Third Circuit Court of Appeals; Wayne Forman,
Crescent Technologies, Inc. and a High School Business Educators' Panel.

Thursday, October 24 -- Mayson Foster, Deposit Guaranty National Bank of Louisiana; Paul
Gendron and Chip Blessey, Sanderson Farms, Inc.; Mark Mobley, Central Progressive Bank;
John Farley, Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance; Skip Long, New Concept Cleaners; LeVern
Meades, Lallie Kemp Medical Center; Kathy Osborne, Variable Annuity Life Insurance
Company; Anthony Collura, Winn Dixie of Louisiana, Inc.; Gary Hueltman, Louisiana Tourism
Office; John D. Ware Jr., South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission; Logan Guess, Deposit
Guaranty; John Montecino, Tastee Donuts and Stephanie Bedford, Whitney National Bank.

Friday, October 25 -- Kim Hollingsworth, Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge; Mark Niles, Career
Management International; Mark Dufour, B.J.'s Jewelry and Loan; Jodi Hamilton, J. Walter
Thompson Co., New York and Chris Petersen, SLU Students in Free Enterprise, Inc.

     For additional information or a business week schedule, contact Stirling at 549-2202 or
the college of business office at 549-2258.
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