Reeves School of Business to Host Ethics Day

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 12, 2007
MARIA SIKORYAK-ROBINS
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS

FAYETTEVILLE, NC—The Reeves School of Business at Methodist University will host the Sixth Annual Lowdermilk Ethics Discussion on March 26, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. in Yarborough Auditorium in Clark Hall. Ron Morgan, an urbanist, architect, developer, and community activist, will discuss ethics and values in business. This session is free and open to the public.

Morgan has implemented his concepts of urban sustainability through his work as an architect and developer for over three decades. He earned his master’s degree in architecture studying under architect Louis I. Kahn at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught architecture and urban design in California and North Carolina from 1969-1974. In 1985, Mr. Morgan founded “Urban Ventures”—a real estate development company specializing in forging innovative public/private partnerships. In 1995, Morgan’s interests in urban governance led him to co-found the Queen City Congress. He authored Cellular Democracy, a theory of how newly patterned districts of representation can become the foundation of a more representative democracy, and in 2003, he conceived and facilitated the highly successful Mount Holly greenway referendum.

The Fayetteville Rotary Club will host its 13th Annual Lowdermilk Student Achievement Awards program in the Alumni Dining Room at 6 p.m. on March 26. The awards are given to eight full-time Methodist University students who have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0, provide exemplary service to the University and/or the Fayetteville community, and demonstrate by action and deed high ethical standards and spiritual values in their educational, professional, and personal lives. Four winners will receive a $1,000 cash award and a $4,000 Methodist University scholarship. The other four winners will receive a $1,000 cash award and a $2,000 scholarship.

The Lowdermilk Student Achievement Award is named in honor of Dr. William P. Lowdermilk, Jr., former vice president of Methodist University, for his service to the Rotary Club and the University by exposing students to the concepts of values and ethics in the workplace. Lowdermilk joined “the saints, who from their labors rest” on July 18, 2005.

Methodist University is an independent four-year institution of higher education with over 2,100 students from 41 states and 30 countries. Methodist University offers over 70 majors and concentrations, three master’s degree programs, and 19 NCAA III intercollegiate sports. For more information, please call Theresa Clark at (910) 630-7171 or George Blanc at (910) 630-7155.