Archive for the 'Education' Category

Classrooms in Chinese school will be named for Kentucky

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Alltech is doing a good deed in China that ought to be recognized.
The international animal feed company based in Nicholasville is sponsoring part of the reconstruction of an elementary school that was destroyed by an earthquake on May 12.
The Xiang-E Elementary collapsed, killing more than 370 teachers and students.
Alltech is joining with the Kentucky Chinese [...]

Lexington is a good place to be in a recession, magazine says

Friday, November 7th, 2008

BusinessWeek says Lexington has the 13th most recession-resistant economy in the nation.
Here’s why: “Lexington, home to dozens of major companies, the University of Kentucky, and horse farms, is a diverse economy with a mix of agriculture, government, health care, and education,” says BusinessWeek.
One potential weak spot is manufacturing, which employs 12 percent of Lexington’s workforce [...]

“Lights! Camera! Action!” The Biz Quiz is on the air!

Friday, November 7th, 2008

The University of Kentucky has chalked up another first — in business, not basketball.
A team from UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics has been invited for the first time to compete in the prestigious Wall Street Journal National Biz Quiz at Ohio State University Nov. 15-16.
Only 24 universities were selected, including Southern Cal, Texas, [...]

35 plaids to pick from and UK goes for blue

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

One official color wasn’t enough.

The University of Kentucky now has an official blue plaid.
By this fall, the first plaid items – a UK tie for men and a silk scarf for women – will be on sale, but no price information yet.
Every fan’s dream is about to come true, at least one plaid tie or [...]

Needing MBA students, Western turns to billboards

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

So what do you do if you start a new MBA program, but not enough people apply?
You turn to the old media, of course.
Western Kentucky University is using billboards in Bowling Green, Glasgow, Elizabethtown and Owensboro as well as ads in various publications to recruit 25 to 30 students for its first executive MBA program, [...]