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ATAC's DAVID MIXSON COMPLETES EDI PROGRAM
        AUBURN – David Mixson, a management scientist with the Auburn Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) at Auburn University’s College of Business recently became a graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute.  Mixson completed the program on Dec. 13, 2007 in Oklahoma City.
            OU’s Economic Development Institute – which boasts more than 3,500 graduates – is a three-session program, each one week long, which provides a broad spectrum of advanced education for the economic development professional. The program is accredited by the International Economic Development Council.
            Classes focus on the three major core areas of Business Retention and Expansion, Real Estate, and Finance as well as areas in Marketing, Strategic Planning, Managing Economic Development Organizations, and Entrepreneurial Development. Students complete 117 hours of instruction selected from more than 50 seminars, workshops and discussion groups.
          Auburn Technical Assistance Center was established in 1976 and is an affiliate of the Alabama Technology Network and an Economic Development Administration University Center. ATAC provides business and technical assistance, customized training, and consultation in implementing value-added strategies to manufacturers and other businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government agencies in Alabama and the Southeast. 

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CONTACT: Mitch Emmons, (334) 844-3881, emmonmb@auburn.edu.

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