{"id":1902,"date":"2010-04-01T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/04\/01\/delta-state-announces-5th-annual-international-business-symposium\/"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:08:07","slug":"delta-state-announces-5th-annual-international-business-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2010\/04\/delta-state-announces-5th-annual-international-business-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State announces 5th annual International Business Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">Delta State University and the College of Business will be presenting the 5<sup>th<\/sup> annual International Business Symposium Friday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to noon in Jobe Hall Auditorium on the campus.<\/font><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Delta State alumni and Chief Operating Officer of UPS David Abney, a 1976 graduate, who sponsors the event is excited to return to the Mississippi Delta and share his experiences with the students of Delta State University and members of the Cleveland community.&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Joining Abney on the discussion panel are fellow Mississippi natives John E. Crawford, Kieu-Anh Tran, and John A. James. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Crawford, owner of Crawford&rsquo;s Inc. in Starkville, a furniture retail and import\/export business, is a 1978 graduate of Delta State University and a Houston native. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Tran, a Pass Christian native, is a 1996 graduate of Mississippi State University and co-owner of Q Solutions, an Atlanta, Ga<span style=\"color: #1f497d\">.,<\/span> Civil\/Environmental Engineering firm specializing in providing water and wastewater services throughout the southeast region.&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">James, a Starkville native and a 1964 graduate of Mississippi Valley State University, is Chairman, CEO, and founder of James Group International, a group of companies in Detroit, Mich<span style=\"color: #1f497d\">.,<\/span> offering international supply chain services.&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Both Abney and Crawford serve on the Delta State University Foundation Board of Directors.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The theme of this year&rsquo;s event is &ldquo;Small Business, Big Ideas&rdquo; and is aimed at global issues and opportunities affecting small and medium sized businesses.&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">All students and community members are invited to attend.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University and the College of Business will be presenting the 5th annual International Business Symposium Friday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to noon in Jobe Hall Auditorium on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38699,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/38699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}