This week’s guest on "Behind the Blue" is Ken Troske. Troske is the associate dean for graduate programs and outreach in the Gatton College of Business and Economics and the Richard W. and Janis H. Furst Endowed Chair of Economics at the University of Kentucky, as well as a research fellow with the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany.
Current seniors interested in obtaining the CFA certification:
The early registration deadline for the June 2018 exam has been extended to Wednesday, September 27.
The total fees for first time test takers are $1,100. This is composed of two parts: test fees of $650 (includes eBook, practice questions and mock exams) and a one-time registration fee of $450. A physical copy of the book is an additional $150 plus shipping and handling.
Ji Youn "Rose" Kim, Gatton assistant professor of management, joins faculty members from all 14 Southeastern Conference universities taking part in the 2017-18 SEC Faculty Travel Program.
Kim will travel to the Department of Management in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University to work with Dr. Mike Howard and Dr. Michael Withers on research introducing analytical tools (Exponential Random Graph Models) to management strategy research.
“Although only a small fraction of financial advisors ever commit fraud, many of the advisors who do are linked through their career paths. We ask why this pattern occurs — does misconduct spread like a disease?”
Nathaniel R. "Nate" Morris, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Rubicon Global, and Gatton College of Business and Economics Entrepreneur-in-Residence, was featured on the Forbes website September 12, 2017. The article, titled "Trash Unicorn: Waste Startup Rubicon Global Hits $1B Valuation With $50M Raise," discusses Rubicon's receiving $50 million in a strategic investment from Mexican private equity firm Promecap to continue to expand in the U.S.
David Hardesty and former University of Kentucky doctoral student, James Mead, have a paper forthcoming in the Journal of Retailing titled “Price Font Disfluency: Anchoring Effects on Future Price Expectations.”
The University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics is hosting a One Year MBA Open House event on Thursday, October 19th at 5:30pm in Woodward Hall. All current students, academic majors and young professionals are welcome to attend the event which will introduce the full-time, accelerated
The University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics welcomes an experienced and professionally diverse group of students into the MBA program. Compared to previous years, this 2017 Professional MBA class also brings more professional work experience and higher GMAT/GRE scores along with an increase number of international candidates and professional women. The complete class profile can be found here.
Richard Hunt, a Director at Koch Equity Development, will meet with students 6pm-7pm on Wednesday, September 6, in Woodward Hall, Gatton 307, to discuss work in private equity and a 2018 summer internship position at Koch Equity Development, the acquisition and investment arm of Koch Industries.
