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Business School Celebrates Founding Principle
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Gordon Smith addresses students of
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Lundy-Fetterman School of Business at a
convocation held Thursday, February 5.
Photo by Bennett
Scarborough |
Campbell University’s Lundy-Fetterman School of
Business honored the class of 2004 and the principle of free
enterprise upon which the school was founded at the annual
convocation ceremony held Thursday, February 5. Gordon Smith,
co-founder and chairman of the board of Exploris interactive museums
and vice president of investments and financial consultant with
Smith Barney, delivered the keynote address.
“Our mission here today is to demonstrate our belief in
the principles of free enterprise through our curriculum, to celebrate
and salute our new and improved niche program, the Master of Trust
Management degree, and to recognize our beloved and beautiful students,”
said Dr. Shahriar Mostashari, acting dean of the business school. “You
are our pride and joy.”
Based on his experiences in global financial management,
Gordon Smith’s address looked beyond graduation to the kind of business
environment the students will inherit. “You’ve got to think globally,”
he said. “The world is going to change dramatically during your work
career. I suggest that before even some of you finish your college
careers, you may find that New York City is no longer the financial
center of the world and that American currency is no longer the number
one currency in the world.”
Smith declared the European Common Market, with over 450
million members already, to be one of the major economic powers
currently and predicted China will experience the greatest future
financial growth.
“What you will see is a new kind of world,” he said, “a
world in which Shanghai could be the new financial capital.”
The spread of wealth throughout the world will also
facilitate the spread of democracy, Smith predicted. “The issue of
terrorism will diminish significantly as more nations become democratic,
and international companies will enjoy the greatest opportunities for
success,” he said.
Smith serves as a member of the board and treasurer of
the North Carolina Partnership for Excellence in Education and as a
board member and president of the Triangle World Affairs Council. In
addition, he serves as a board member of the Downtown Raleigh Alliance,
the World Trade Center North Carolina, the Development Foundation of the
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, the Double Take
Documentary Film Festival, and the Center for Economic Justice.
As part of the convocation ceremony, officers of student
organizations within the School of Business presented the school with a
check in the amount of $15,000. The check will be used to fund the
School of Business Student-Sponsored Endowed Scholarship, which was
established by the student body to benefit business students.
Founded in 1887, Campbell University is North Carolina’s
second largest private institution of higher education and the second
largest Baptist university in the world. Located in Buies Creek, NC,
just east of the center of the state, Campbell combines academic
excellence and Christian commitment.
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