University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that two recent UK graduates have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships to travel abroad to teach, study or pursue research for the 2021-22 academic year. One of those individuals was Schuyler Baas, a 2020 management and Lewis Honors College graduate, who will teach in Spain and lead a Model United Nations Program. Read the full story.
Kate Mentzer is graduating in May of 2021 from the One Year MBA program at the University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics. Upon graduation, Kate will be joining World Wide Technology (WWT) as an Associate Project Manager which is part of their Project Management development program.
Little Caesars Pizza, the global family-owned pizza chain, announced earlier this year that Paula Vissing has been named Chief Operating Officer. Paula has been with Little Caesars since 2011 and most recently served as the Senior Vice President of International.
Samuel N. Hazen ’82, chief executive officer of HCA Healthcare, spoke at University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics on Feb. 4 as part of Dean Simon Sheather’s BLUEprint for Success Leadership Series.
University of Kentucky MBA alumna at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, Yajaira Aich West, was recently selected and recognized in the "Top Women in Business" by the Lane Report.
University of Kentucky MBA alum at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, Lucas Witt, is the Co-Founder & Partner at MWM Consulting, Sales and Leasing at Block + Lot Real Estate. MWM and Block + Lot's partnership will provide a "one-stop shop" for existing and growing companies and communities with real estate, community development and tax incentive consulting.
University of Kentucky MBA alum at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, Deepmala Jha-Hogue, has joined Amazon as a Supply Chain Manager of the Sub Same Day (SSD) Delivery Program.
Procter and Gamble (P&G) is the world's largest consumer goods company. With their headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, it also makes P&G home to many successful graduates of the UK MBA program including Amy Nutt. Amy graduated from Gatton's One Year MBA program in 2019 and then joined P&G. She is now a Senior Finance Manager for the Advisory Services Group (ASG) in Global Internal Audit (GIA) at P&G.
The Kentucky Nonprofit Network (KNN), Kentucky's state association of nonprofit organizations, recently elected Gatton College of Business and Economics alum, Marian Guinn ('84 and '86), to their Board of Directors. Marian is a resident of Lexington and is an experienced leader with a successful history of working in nonprofits, professional coaching and consulting industry.
