University of Kentucky MBA alumni from Valvoline, Alltech, UK Healthcare and AMR Management Services will be featured at the Gatton College of Business and Economics' One Year MBA Open House event
University of Kentucky American Marketing Association members answered the call to stay informed and competitive in the rapidly advancing marketing environment by placing second in a regional marketing competition.
The LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis held it's 11th annual summer workshop, June 4-8, for approximately 150 participants. The workshop was again successfully organized by Steve Borgatti, with logistics by Scott Soltis and Connie Blakemore and the Exec Ed Center. This year's program included five tracks, evening mini-modules, one-on-one research consultations, and special Friday programs on Education, Communications, Organizations, and Health Care. Evaluations by participants indicated 76% of respondents were “likely” or “very likely” to attend again next year.
Gatton’s new MS Finance program is pleased to report that all 22 students who planned to finish the program in one year successfully graduated on May 4th. The program celebrated this marked achievement by hosting an inaugural graduating class banquet for the students and their loved ones in Woodward, coordinated by Michelle Lowe and team. Smiles of accomplishment and pride were present all around the room as Director Dr. Mark Liu expressed, “One year ago, there was no University of Kentucky MS Finance program.
The LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis hosted the ION8, the eight meeting of the Intra-Organizational Networks Conference. Scholars from ten different countries met in the Gatton College to present and discuss their latest research findings on the effects of social networks in organizations. Thanks to conference coordinator Dan Halgin and Connie Blakemore for a very successful two days of stimulating organizational network research.
With the generous support of PNC Bank and John Gohmann, the department hosted the 3rd annual PNC - Kentucky Finance Conference on April 26-28. The conference received more than 300 submissions from 20 different countries and 35 different states. With only 12 papers being included on the final program, the acceptance rate of less than 4% places the conference in a similar class as the most exclusive finance journals in the world. In addition to our keynote speaker, Laura Starks from UT Austin, conference attendees included faculty from Wharton, UCLA, MIT, Yale, and Columbia.
