Deans Night Honors Reception
Sally Blount-Lyon Dean of Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University to be keynote speaker.
Network - Reconnect - Meet New Friends DEANS NIGHT - May 29, 2008 Register Now! Register Here Sally Blount-Lyon the 10th Dean of the Undergraduate College and Vice Dean of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University will be our keynote speaker on the topic: From Millennial to Professional: Today’s College Student and Beyond As the children of the new millennium, college students today have witnessed some of the most dramatic changes both within the walls of their universities and in the world. Globalization, increased access to education and daily innovations in the realm of technology have changed the face of the modern classroom. Because of this, university leaders and faculty must modify established methods to overcome these new challenges. This will be a discussion of how today’s universities are preparing students to become socially engaged and responsible leaders in our global society. Deans Night is an opportunity for our Beta Gamma Sigma Alumni community to honor the many exceptional students who are inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma at the local area colleges. Traditionally, Beta Gamma Sigma bestows Medallion and Scholarship Awards to many outstanding new inductees selected for additional honors by their Deans and faculty advisors. Join us at these festive Deans Night ceremonies. Location:
Warwick Hotel
65 West 54th st (near Ave of the Americas)
New York, NY 10019 Time:
6:00pm Registration
6:30pm Reception Keynote presentation and award ceremonies, will follow reception
Price:
$40 Members and Guests
Speaker Bio Sally Blount-Lyon was named the 10th Dean of the Undergraduate College and Vice Dean of the
Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University in 2004. She is the Abraham L.
Gitlow Professor of Management and Organizations and holds an affiliated appointment at
NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. In October 2007, she was appointed by NYU’s
Provost as Special Advisor for Global Academic Integration. Blount-Lyon joined the Stern Management Department in 2001 after serving on the faculty of
the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business for nearly a decade and teaches courses
in management, negotiations and ethics. She is the author of more than 30 journal articles in
social psychology on the topics of negotiations, decision making and time and is the recipient of
multiple academic rewards, including two National Science Foundation grants. In addition, she
has served on many advisory boards, including at the National Science Foundation, Princeton
University, the Academy of Management and the Economic Science Association. Blount-Lyon travels internationally lecturing to both academic and business audiences. Past
corporate clients have included L’Oreal, Fortis Bank, Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, Volvo and Sysco.
Earlier in her career, she worked as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.
Blount-Lyon holds a joint B.S. degree from Princeton University (1983) in Engineering Systems
and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She received M.S. (1991)
and Ph.D. (1992) degrees from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg School of Management.
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