Brown School of Business and Leadership

Three Fashion Merchandising seniors (Meghan Roberts, Justin Baluyot, and Elle Bialozynski) from Dr. Holly Lentz-Schiller’s Merchandise Sourcing and Logistics (FMER 340) class were selected to present a poster at the International Textile and Apparel Association’s Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV in October. ‘Sol’ was a term project consisting of a business plan for a socially responsible retailer conceived by the students.

There were over fifty submissions to the competition, with only the top ten selected for presentation. Great poster! Congrats to all!

Dr. Holly Lentz-Shiller of the Brown School of Business and Leadership and Leslie Simpson, did a pre-orientation workshop with a group of freshman students focused on merchandising and retailing in Harbor East. Students were from a variety of majors; Business Administration, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Design, Biology, and Business Communications.

They visited Lululemon and talked with the team there where they learned about the Lululemon consumer, sales strategies, and visual merchandising.

On Friday, April 26th, twenty-one students from the Brown School of Business and Leadership were inducted into the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society. To qualify, members must rank in the upper 20% of their class and have completed half of their degree program.

The students were: Taesha Andre, Alyson Chaconas, Michelle Charron, Paige Creek-Abdullah, Jonyae Curry, Brady Darcy, Carolyn deGuzman, Emmanuel Essien, Jackson Gibb, Samantha Hacker, Andrew Hanrahan, Velma King, Katherine Kraft, Daria Mosley, Adam Rhyner, Nicholas Russell, Mark Russell Jr., Ryan Siegel, Erin Stephey, Leslie Stept, and Kafayat Sulaimon.

On Thursday April 25, Karen Brooks, Assistant Director at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors spoke to students in the Brown School of Business and Leadership Courtroom. She shared fascinating information to a packed room of finance and banking students about the federal banking system and its inner workings.

On Monday, April 22nd, Chad Steele, VP of Public Relations for the Ravens spoke to a packed courtroom of BSOBL students.