Stephen C. Harris `82 and Elaine K. Harris `84 have recently established the Harris Family Business Scholarship at the Gatton College of Business and Economics. The scholarship will ensure that deserving students have additional access to much-needed financial support. It will foster opportunities for continued learning and success at the Gatton College and beyond.
Through the newly established Laura J. and Jerry T. Miller Endowed Scholarship, Laura Miller `73 and Rep. Jerry T. Miller `73 are offering an opportunity for an incoming sophomore to receive financial support to complete their Gatton degree. They have also made contributions to the Gatton Capital Campaign with a named classroom, and have also made posthumous arrangements to give ten percent of their estate in order to assist a greater number of students.
Current working professional and student in the Professional MBA program at the University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics, Jonathan Pliszka, is currently the Vice President of Business Development at Morningstar.
University of Kentucky MBA alum Clint McCrystal is celebrating ten years with LeanCor Supply Chain Group. As LeanCor’s Training and Development Manager and with 100 new team members and more than 350 Lean Six Sigma Green Belts trained through the years, Clint has managed to stay connected with the university in various ways.
Shane Anderson has been promoted to Vice President of Commercial Lending at Central Bank, which was announced recently by President and CEO Luther Deaton Jr. Since 1938, Central Bank has also expanded the financial services over the years to many Kentuckians.
Well before unprecedented challenges rewrote the trajectory of the Spring 2020 semester, the Graham Office of Career Management had already begun investing in a comprehensive virtual career center to support Gatton students – and its launch couldn’t come at a more critical time!
PSST, LLC providers of integration and compliance software solutions for efficient K-12 school management, recently announced the promotion University of Kentucky MBA alum Mark Lattis to Chief Executive Officer. Lattis joined PSST as CFO in November 2019, institutionalizing blue-chip operational best practices.
As stay-at-home orders are being lifted in some states and extended in others, uncertainty continues to surround the COVID-19 pandemic.
Serious measures have been implemented the world over — from cancellations of major events and large gatherings to closures of schools and non-essential businesses.
You might be wondering — are social distancing policies working?
While the economic landscape seems to be changing daily, the spirit of entrepreneurship is alive and well at the Gatton College of Business and Economics. On April 27, a group of students in the Social Enterprise Scholars Honors Pathway participated in a dynamic online pitch competition. The students worked to develop business ideas that have a positive impact on real world issues.
As the nontraditional spring semester came to an end, the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics community gathered together to recognize and celebrate its faculty and staff accomplishments for Spring 2020. Dean Simon Sheather and Vice Dean Nicole Jenkins hosted a series of virtual celebrations to honor these achievements.
Faculty Tenures & Promotions
