Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business will present the 2024 Busch Lecture: “Building Connection and Belonging at Work through Deliberate Play.” Featured speaker Izzy Bilotta, Ph.D., ’18, head of learning and innovation at Deutser, will lead an interactive session focused on how engaging in deliberate play helps to foster inclusivity at work by promoting connection and feelings of belonging among employees.

Joining Bilotta will be Michael Tews, Ph.D., associate professor of hospitality management at Pennsylvania State University, who will help facilitate the session. Bilotta and Tews will also answer questions from the audience.

John Michel, Ph.D., associate professor of management at Loyola’s Sellinger School of Business, is the Busch Faculty Scholar hosting the Busch Lecture this year. The lecture is free and open to the public. To learn more and register, visit Loyola.edu/BuschLecture.