The ranked listing of the 2016 LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses was announced Oct. 13 at the Honoree Reception and Awards Dinner held at the L'Auberge Casino Hotel in Baton Rouge.

Recruiting Source International was announced as the No. 1 fastest growing company for the 2016 LSU 100. Bianca McWilliams Jackson, Tiger Leader, serves as the company's chief operating officer and is a chemical engineering graduate of the LSU College of Engineering.

Global Commerce and Services, a tech firm in Harvey, La., topped the list in 2014 and 2015.

The LSU 100 Summit Award was awarded to the honoree company that generated the highest revenue amount for the award period. The 2016 recipient is Bridger Logistics LLC. Julio Rios, Tiger Leader of Bridger Logistics LLC, is a graduate of the LSU College of Science.

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The Class of 2016-2017 Rucks Fellows have been announced by the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business Rucks Department of Management. They are Rhiannon Ballard of Grand Isle, La.; Hannah Brown of Pride, La.; Christina Davisson of Covington, La.; Katherine Key of Pensacola, Fla.; Ashton Lane of Baton Rouge; Benjamin LaPlace of Baton Rouge; Makayla McManus of Baton Rouge; Sally Robichaux of Baton Rouge; Claire Schnell of New Orleans; Krishna Surakanti of Baton Rouge; and Brent Swann of Eunice, La.

To qualify, a senior management major must have a grade-point average in the Top 10 of all graduating seniors in the management curriculum.

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ExxonMobil presented a check for $1.3 million to the LSU Foundation this semester as part of the ExxonMobil Foundation's 2015 Educational Matching Gift Program and its departmental grant program.

The gift represents donations of $358,452 made by 173 employees, retirees and surviving spouses, along with the ExxonMobil Foundation 3-to-1 match to LSU. The gift also includes $57,000 from the ExxonMobil departmental grant program to support students in the E. J. Ourso College of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Science and the Olinde Career Center.

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The E. J. Ourso College of Business Department of Economics will host Cornell University Economist Robert H. Frank on Friday, Oct. 28 for a public lecture at 2:30 p.m. in the Business Education Complex Auditorium.

The free lecture is titled, "Success and Luck."

Frank is the H. J. Louis Professor of Management and a professor of economics in the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He has made pioneering contributions in the areas of income equality, the role of status in conspicuous consumption, and emotions in decision making.

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The LSU Center for Internal Auditing will host a two-day conference designed for alumni and guests to share knowledge and experiences, as well as gain continuing professional education. The program is designed for all experience levels and includes a broad range of internal auditing topics covering governance, risk, and controls.

The event will be held at L'Auberge Casino Hotel in Baton Rouge.

The cost is $450 for both days (16 CPE hours) and $225 for one day (eight CPE hours). Continental breakfast and lunch are included, as is a reception on Wednesday.

Have you considered attending graduate school? The LSU Graduate Studies Fair is an opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about graduate education to meet with faculty, staff, and students representing on-campus and online programs. LSU has 120 different graduate programs that range from certificates that can be completed in a year, to master's and doctoral programs.

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