This December, teachers from across the country who received “Teacher of the Year” awards were invited to the White House to tour its holiday decorations. The office of first lady Jill Biden asked the state teachers of the year to have their students create self-portraits that were going to be turned into ornaments that would hang on Christmas trees at the White House.
The Gatton College of Business and Economics has an elite opportunity, made possible by the generous contributions of the Morris Foundation and Nate Morris, Chairman and CEO of Morris Industries, to select a student for the Presidential Fellows Program at The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC).
NACADA, The Global Community for Academic Advising, has selected Gatton College academic advisor Bethany Fugate as a 2021
The University of Kentucky Advising Network has announced the recipients of the 2020 Ken Freedman Day of Recognition Awards. The UK Advising Network is open to all UK employees whose interests and work are related to academic advising. The network also supports those in advisor roles by coordinating opportunities for professional development, networking, awards and recognition.
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.
Gatton College of Business and Economics Social Enterprise Scholars Jenna Hazelbaker, Kristen McLaughlin, Megan Van Son and Taylor Wurth were recently rewarded for their success and achievement at the Global Social Innovation Challenge at the University of San Diego.
University of Kentucky Honors students and Gatton College of Business and Economics Social Enterprise Scholars Kaycee Champion, Leah Ports, and Mackenzie Kirtley recently were honored at the Conscious Capitalism Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The students were selected as one of four finalist groups in the Conscious Capitalism 2017 Business Plan Competition, which boasted hundreds of submissions from students on three continents.
A team of undergraduate students from the University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics earned second place in the nation this past weekend at the 2016 Wall Street Journal Business Challenge. The competition was hosted by the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in College Station. The team members are:
