Information provided by West Tennessee Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

The West Tennessee Chapter of JDRF is proud to announce that Evergreen Packaging will present the 12th Annual Promise Ball, "Voyage to a Cure," on March 31, 2012.  The Promise Ball is being chaired by Summer and Cecil Godman along with Honorary Chairman John Rooney, President and CEO of Evergreen Packaging.  The black tie optional event will take place at the Hilton Memphis, and is expected to raise more than $300,000 for type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.  The event features a cocktail reception, seated dinner, silent and live auctions, a unique Fund A Cure appeal and fabulous entertainment by Kallen Esperian and The Distraxshuns.

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The University of Memphis announced Tuesday, they will be adding a new minor to the degree program for the Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics. A social commerce minor will be available to students in Fall 2012.

The university hopes to focus the minor on creating an online presence and crafting marketing strategies based on social media and modern technology.

This minor will be available to all students, but it is specifically geared to business majors. Students within the Fogelman Business College will need only 12 additional credit hours to receive the minor, and students outside the business major will need 18 hours for the minor.

This additional minor will be especially helpful for non-traditional students who are unfamiliar with social media.

There will be a number of courses for students to choose from and there will