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Biography |
BIOGRAPHY:
Gary B. Roberts, Ph. D: Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Kennesaw State University. Eagle Scout and former Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 144, Marietta, Georgia. He is also a Sam Walton Free Enterprise Fellow and advisor to the KSU Enactus Team (formerly Students in Free Enterprise).
2012: Dr. Roberts will be assisted by his graduate research assistant, Mr. Dennis Loubiere, who is a student in the MBA program at Coles College. Mr. Loubiere has extensive experience as an entrepreneur, mortgage banker, and manager. Both are registered merit badge counselors with Troop 1776.
Mr. Dennis Loubiere |
Why I am qualified to teach
American Business |
This merit badge will be taught under the supervision of Dr. Gary B. Roberts, Sam Walton Fellow and advisor to the Kennesaw State University Enactus Team (SIFE). He will be assisted by Mr. Dennis Loubiere. Instructors will be business majors in the Coles College of Business -- Georgia's largest business school. The students are members of KSU's nationally ranked Enactus Team. Enactus brings together a diverse network of university students, academic professionals and industry leaders around the shared mission of creating a better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business. By contributing their talents to projects that improve the lives of people worldwide, Encatus participants are demonstrating that individuals with a knowledge and passion for business can be a powerful force for change.
Teaching this year on October 20, 2012 are: Professor Wilfred Ward Christina Craft
Kennesaw State University
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Prerequisites for this Activity |
American Business Merit Badge Prework: - Read the latest version of the Merit Badge Pamphlet. You may borrow it from your Scout Library or order it directly from The Atlanta Scout Shop, phone: 770-988-9912 or the B.S. A. Catalog at 1-800-323-0732.
- Bring the Merit Badge Pamphlet with you.
- Bring a signed, parental permission slip that will allow you to take a 30 minute field trip to a bank close to campus.
- Bring three products from you local grocery store and be prepared to complete requirement 6. b.
- You will need to run a business for three months -- we'll get you ready.
- This badge is taught by Kennesaw State University business majors who are members of the Enactus Team.
All requirements for the merit badge may not be completed during the Merit Badge University (requirement #5. requires that you run a small business for three months.)
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