In the December edition of Simon Says, Simon looks back on another action-packed year at Gatton. This month, Simon got to do one of his favorite things — act as a roving reporter! This time he asked people around the college about their new year’s resolutions. We heard some very interesting responses. You might even hear a song!
Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents named University of Kentucky MBA and Gatton College of Business and Economics alum Dr. David McFaddin the interim president of Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) and assumes his leadership duties as of January 6th, 2020. Before being named interim president, Dr.
The University of Kentucky will celebrate its December graduates next week by turning the campus blue.
From Sunday, Dec. 15, through Sunday, Dec. 22, various buildings around campus will be lit with blue lights to celebrate the fall class of 2019. The ceremonies will take place at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at Rupp Arena.
Below are the UK buildings that will go blue:
Kentucky Volleyball middle blocker Leah Meyer was named a 2019 First Team College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American, becoming the second UK volleyball player ever to be named a first teamer, joining Morgan Bergren in 2015.
A graduate transfer from Duke University, Meyer has a 4.0 grade-point average and is pursuing her Master in Business Administration from the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics.
The Gatton College of Business and Economics has an elite opportunity, made possible by the generous contributions of the Morris Foundation and Nate Morris, CEO of Rubicon Global, to select a student for the Presidential Fellows Program at The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC).
Executives and University of Kentucky MBA alumni and students from UK HealthCare, Tempur-Sealy International, Matrix Design Group and the United States Air Force will lead a panel of speakers at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in Room 399 of UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics.
The deadline to register for the December 2019 University of Kentucky Commencement Ceremonies is 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6. Graduates who do not register by this deadline will need to register in person at Commencement and cannot be guaranteed that their names will appear on the screen during the ceremonies.
Commencement will be held Friday, Dec. 20, at Rupp Arena. UK holds two ceremonies for December graduates with both ceremonies held at Rupp Arena.
Friday, Dec. 20:
Today, the University of Kentucky has officially launched the UK Economic Development Collaborative (EDC) to set the strategy moving forward on how UK will address economic development in the areas of talent, innovation, place and partnership. The EDC will also play an advisory role for the economic development engagement areas charged with executing on UK’s strategies.
Holiday shoppers are making their lists and checking them twice. But how do you know if you’re getting the best deal?
Adam Craig, an associate marketing professor in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky, uses brain imaging to understand the hidden drivers behind consumers’ financial decisions, especially when they are making decisions between buying something now versus in the future.
