November 20
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
AEP Austin Fellows Program Breakfast: Laura Sokolowski, VP for Operations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon (Weatherford D107, Trysting Tree Conference Room)

November 20
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
COB Faculty Meeting (TBD)

November 24
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
AEP - Building Your Business Plan Series featuring Nick Fowler, Orion Ventures, LLC (Kelley Engineering 1003)

December 02
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
AEP - Acceleration, Innovation, Commercialization at OSU 2009 (LaSells Stewart Center)

January 05
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
AEP - Building Your Business Plan Series featuring Ray Jenski (TBA)

January 12
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
AEP - Building Your Business Plan Series featuring Jeanne Smith (TBA)

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Sewing Industry Icon to Speak at OSU
Pati Palmer, founder of the Palmer/Pletsch International School of Sewing in Portland, will discuss how she turned her fashion dreams into a multi-million-dollar international industry during a lecture on Thursday, Nov. 12, at Oregon State University.

OSU Professor to Deliver Free Web Conference on Sustainability in Finance
John Becker-Blease, assistant professor of finance at Oregon State University, will be the featured speaker during a free, one-hour Web conference on integrating sustainability into the MBA finance curriculum. Hosted by the Aspen Institute, the Web conference will be held 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 (or noon Eastern time) and is open to the public.

2009 Excellence in Family Business Award Winners Announced
Six Oregon companies and three individuals will receive recognition from the oldest family business awards program in the nation – Oregon State University’s Austin Family Business Program’s Excellence in Family Business Awards.

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