SDSU's Martina Musteen Wins National Education Award

Named Olympus' 2008 Emerging Educational Leader Award
SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--
The College of Business Administration at San Diego State
University (SDSU) announced today assistant management professor, Dr.
Martina Musteen, has been named the recipient of the Olympus 2008
Emerging Educational Leader Award. Musteen recently accepted the award
at the 12th Annual Meeting of the National Collegiate Inventors and
Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) held in Dallas, Texas on March 21, 2008.

Now in its fourth year, the Olympus Innovation Award Program
recognizes individuals who have demonstrated innovative thinking in
higher education.

Musteen was recognized for her dynamic teaching approach and her
motivational classroom style for students studying global
entrepreneurship. She is credited with developing the very popular
international entrepreneurship course that she currently teaches at
SDSU and she has been instrumental in paving the way for those
students seeking work to become global entrepreneurs.

"To be honored for doing something that I love to do is incredibly
gratifying," said Musteen, who was nominated for the award by one of
her students. "More and more, we are seeing that entrepreneurship can
contribute to solving global problems - poverty and climate change,
for example - so my objective with every lesson plan is to inspire
students to make a positive difference in the world through their
entrepreneurial activities."

About the College of Business Administration

With over 6,000 students, the SDSU College of Business is one of
the largest business schools in the U.S. Its programs in undergraduate
international business and graduate entrepreneurship are ranked among
the top programs in the country by U.S. News and World Report. For
more information, visit www.sdsu.edu/business.

About SDSU

San Diego State University is the oldest and largest higher
education institution in the San Diego region. Since it was founded in
1897, the university has grown to offer bachelor's degrees in 81
areas, master's degrees in 72 areas and doctorates in 16 areas. SDSU's
more than 34,000 students participate in academic curriculum
distinguished by direct contact with faculty and an increasing
international emphasis that prepares them for a global future. For
more information, visit www.sdsu.edu.

SDSU College of Business Administration
Suzanne Finch, Chief Communications Officer
619-594-0206
sfinch@mail.sdsu.edu

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