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Excitement, energy, passion and purpose marked the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour’s visit to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ on April 14 when three of the nation’s top young entrepreneurs inspired students to think entrepreneurially and pursue their dreams.

Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, was one of six judges on April 4 for the National Idea to Product Competition for Social Entrepreneurship hosted by the Purdue University.

Tina Das, professor of economics, and Casey DiRienzo, associate professor of economics, have published an article, "Global Tourism Competitivess and Tourism Competitiveness: A Nonlinear Relationship" in the Journal of Travel Research, Vol. 47(4): 470-479.

Seventy-eight faculty and student leaders of university social entrepreneurship programs and activities participated in a two-day Social Entrepreneurship and Education Consortium workshop from April 2-3 co-hosted by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Purdue University Social Entrepreneurship Initiative.

What are the keys to success for the world’s largest private software company? Environment. Empowerment. And “really good software.” Jim Goodnight, co-founder and CEO of the North Carolina-based SAS, reflected on his career and offered advice to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students in an April 9 presentation that preceded his acceptance of the first ever ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Jim Goodnight, chief executive officer of North Carolina-based SAS, the world’s largest privately held software company, will be presented April 9 with the first ever ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership after his a presentation to faculty, staff and students on "Managing for Creativity: Attracting & Retaining Knowledge Workers."

Twenty students were inducted April 7 into ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Pi Chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society for economics. The complete list of inductees and officers follows below.

Is the research a professor conducts “selfish” since it takes away his or her time from students? Or is it “selfless,” a way for faculty to better themselves in the classroom? Earl Honeycutt, the 2008-2009 Distinguished Scholar at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, takes the latter view and shared his views April 6 in an annual program for recipients of the award.