M&M MARS and Elizabethtown College Department of Business host executive lecture series

Guest speakers focus on current events and business topics

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (11/29/2012)(readMedia)-- Mars Chocolate North America located in Elizabethtown, PA, entered into a collaborative partnership with the Elizabethtown College Department of Business to create the M&M Mars Executive Lecture Series during the 2012-2013 academic year. The lectures series offers students the opportunity to hear from senior level executives from an assortment of firms within various industries. Students are able to engage executives while furthering their knowledge of business as it relates to societal issues. The series provides a substantive platform to learn about business, combined with developing awareness for social responsibility as well. The lectures, which are open to the public, are free of charge and offered Friday beginning at 11 a.m. in the James B. Hoover Center for Business, Room 212.

Schedule for the spring 2013 lecture series follows:

Friday, Jan. 25, 11 a.m.

Topic: Navigating Financial Transactions in International Trade

Speaker: Amy Sahm, Vice President and Manager, International Group, Fulton Financial Corporation

Friday, Feb. 1, 11 a.m.

Speaker: Patrick Kelly, Ph.D., J.D., Partner, Riverside Law, West Conshohocken, PA

Friday, Feb. 8, 11 a.m.

Speaker: Jeffery Jacoby, Director, Cyber Enterprise Campaign, Information Security Solutions, Intelligence & Information Systems, Raytheon Company

Friday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m.

Speaker: Senator Mike Brubaker, Pennsylvania's 36th District, Harrisburg, PA

Friday, March 1, 11 a.m.

Speaker: Gene Barr, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry

Friday, March 22, 11 a.m.

Speaker: Jeffrey S. Kenderdine, CEO, Lancaster Family YMCA

Friday, April 5, 11 a.m.

Speaker: Chuck Tullis, Vice President of Corporate Brands, Utz Quality Foods, Inc.

Friday, April 12, 11 a.m.

Speaker: Gregory E. Marco, MBA, Account Executive, McConkey & Company

Friday, April 26, 11 a.m.

Speaker: Carl Freeman, Director, Mars Chocolate North America

Additional links

Map and Directions:

http://www.etown.edu/map/

Department of Business, M&M Mars Executive Lecture Series Schedule:

http://www.etown.edu/depts/business/mmmars-lecture/index.aspx

Other E-town events:

http://www.etown.edu/newsandevents/

Elizabethtown College, in south-central Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees. Through personal attention, creative inspiration and academic challenge, Elizabethtown College students are encouraged to expand their intellectual curiosity and are given the opportunity to become a bigger part of the world through experiential learning-research, internships and study abroad. Elizabethtown College's overall commitment to Educate for Service is fulfilled as students are taught intellectually, socially, aesthetically and ethically for lives of service and leadership.

Visit www.etown.edu for more information about Elizabethtown College.

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