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Contact: Jennifer Hollingshead

Office: (573) 882-0601

E-mail: hollingsheadj@umsystem.edu

Members of the press are invited to a panel discussion of state and University of èßäapp leaders to be held today at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 15, 2006 in the Lodge of the Four Seasons Granada Ballroom. The panel will discuss higher education’s role in building èßäapp’s economy. Subjects will include Governor Matt Blunt’s Lewis & Clark Discovery Initiative.

University of èßäapp President Elson S. Floyd will moderate the panel, which will include Director of èßäapp Department of Economic Development Greg Steinhoff, èßäapp Technology Corporation Executive Director Rob Monsees, and University of èßäapp Vice President for Research and Economic Development John Gardner.

WHAT:

Panel discussion on Higher Education’s Role in Building èßäapp’s Economy. Subjects will include Governor Matt Blunt’s Lewis & Clark Discovery Initiative.

WHO:

University of èßäapp President Elson S. Floyd, moderator; and panelists Greg Steinhoff, Director of èßäapp Department of Economic Development; Rob Monsees, Executive Director, èßäapp Technology Corporation; and John Gardner, University of èßäapp Vice President for Research and Economic Development.  

WHEN:

Friday, Sept. 15, 2006, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Annual convention of the èßäapp Press Association, Lodge of Four Seasons Cinema Room, Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. For directions to Lodge of Four Seasons, visit the resort’s Web site,