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Bob Bell & TTU's Governor's School for Business, Innovation & Technology

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Bob Bell sits down with Susan Wells, Lecturer at the Tennessee Tech University College of Business, and Director of the Governor's School for Business, Innovation & Technology at TTU, and Caleb McNamee, Assistant Director of the Governor's School. They discuss their respective backgrounds, Susan's recent Outstanding Service Award, the curriculum that students encounter, the "Wings Up Wednesday" event where TTU alumni come back to talk with students, as well as some of the accomplishments and jobs the attendants of the Governor's School go on to do.

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