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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.”
Two University of Kentucky alumni have been named to “Great American Economic Revival” industry groups that will advise the White House on reopening the economy after the COVID-19 shutdown. Last week, President Donald J. Trump announced 200 esteemed executives, economists, scholars and industry leaders who — together — will form the various task forces.
A group of more than 20 people decided to create handmade masks for healthcare workers and people in the community. "I have always been sewing, and so when people said they needed masks I just started sewing and then got involved in this," says Olivia Davis.
