She will be in charge of multiple EJC events, as well as the arts administration major and entrepreneurship minor.

Beginning immediately, Drury University's Kay Osborne will take over as Program Director for the Edward Jones Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EJC).

Before her current appointment as Program Director, Osborne had been working for the EJC organizing events such as the Self-Employment in the Arts conference and team teaching an entrepreneurship course with Drury President Todd Parnell. Osborne will be in charge of the arts programs offered by the EJC, the Edward Jones Minority Scholars, the entrepreneurship minor, the arts administration major and she will continue teaching entrepreneurship courses.

Osborne takes over for John Taylor who, after five months as Program Director of the EJC, has decided to devote more time to the Master's of Business Administration program. “John did a wonderful job of organizing events for the Edward Jones Minority Scholars, working on literature for the center and managing the entrepreneurship minor,” says Dawn Hiles, Executive Director of the EJC. “We thank him for his contribution while part of the center.”