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
On April 30, nine teams led by students, UK faculty and community members graduated from the Spring 2.0 Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp.
The Bootcamp 2.0 program, run by the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship (VACE) in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, is an intensive program where teams selected from VACE’s Fall Bootcamp 1.0, work through early business and revenue models, customer validation and refining pitches.
Five University of Kentucky alumni are putting their degrees to work by showing support for front-line workers and local restaurants.
With backgrounds in business and medicine, Michael Zhu, Jodi Llanora, Kyle Luo, Logan Jones and John Stein refused to feel helpless in the fight against COVID-19.
“The original idea for Feed the Front Line originated in Houston and started to make its way to other cities,” Zhu said. “When our team heard about the mission of the organization, it immediately resonated. We love the double-sided impact.”
For Haoying Sun, an assistant professor of supply chain management at the University of Kentucky, COVID-19 highlights the growing importance of managing the global supply chains efficiently and effectively.
This fall, Sun plans to incorporate lessons learned from the pandemic into the classroom as the Gatton College of Business and Economics launches a new degree program — a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management.
At what age did you know what you wanted to do for a living? As children, we have the notion that we can be and do anything.
For some, those aspirations fade and more realistic ones emerge. Others spend their entire lives searching for a purpose — not Cam Asher.
“I wanted to be a catalyst for change, not only in Kentucky, but in the world.”
Faculty, there is an important message for you regarding giving exams next week, see below.
In this edition of Simon Says, we offer a behind-the-scenes look at how our faculty and staff are working these days.
You'll hear from Associate Dean Paul Childs, who has worked tirelessly to transfer over 200 courses online mid-semester. Paul goes into detail about how the college proactively prepared for COVID-19 and gives recognition to the many people who have helped along the way.
We are proud to offer students the same high quality access and support - even in this challenging environment.
