By Jill Yesko, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted 3-4-08
Lowell Catlett
GREENSBORO, NC – Dr. Lowell Catlett, an internationally-recognized economist and expert on social trends, demographic changes and the future of technology and agriculture, will deliver the Kathleen Price Bryan Visiting Professor of Financial Affairs lecture titled “New Frontiers that Change Everything.”
The event will take place at 4 p.m. in Room 160 of The Bryan School of Business and Economics. The public is welcome at no charge.
Catlett is a Regent’s Professor Economics, Agriculture and Genetic Engineering at New Mexico State University where he is also Dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics. He has been presented with the Westhafer Award, the university’s highest award to a professor.
Catlett received a doctorate in economics from Iowa State University and has twice received the Don C. Roush Award for Excellence in Teaching.
“Lowell Catlett is an exciting, dynamic futurist who combines an in-depth knowledge of economics, demographics and technology,” said Dr. Donald P. McCrickard, senior associate dean of the Bryan School. “He shows how the convergence of those forces will make the next ten years unlike any in human history.”
The Bryan School is the largest of UNCG’s six professional schools with 450 graduate students and 2,100 undergraduates. It is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and is among the top 10 percent of business schools nationwide that have earned accreditation at the undergraduate and graduate levels in both business and accounting.
For more information, contact the Bryan School of Business and Economics at (336) 334- 5338 or visit www.uncg.edu/bae.
