May 10, 2006

Huizenga School’s Distinguished Lecture Series Presents Wal-Mart Executive John E. DiBenedetto

FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE --Students, faculty, staff, and special guests are invited to the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Distinguished Lecture Series featuring John E. DiBenedetto, Vice-President of Learning and Development for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. DiBenedetto will speak on the topic, “The Transformation of Wal-Mart’s Training Into the World’s Largest Corporate University,” at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 18 in the Julian and Ellen Knight Lecture Hall of the Carl DeSantis Building.

Appointed in 2005, DiBenedetto is responsible for field operations training for 1.3 million associates in more than 3,700 stores nationwide. DiBenedetto served as adjunct professor of management at six southeastern universities since 1984, and is currently actively teaching online graduate and undergraduate management and human resources courses for NSU’s Huizenga School of Business.
DiBenedetto holds a B.B.A. in Marketing from FAU’s College of Business, and an M.B.A. and D.B.A. from NSU’s Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship.

RSVP to Lynn Schweitzer at lschweit@nova.edu or (954) 262-5065.