Spring 2011 - The University of Akron

cOlleGe NewS
BUCHTEL COLLEGE news
Economic Summit
Featured Alumni
Experts
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTrATION
news
Dr. George E. Prough
Scholarship Fund is
Established
CrEATIVE AND PrOFESSIONAL ArTS
news
Foundation
Supports Arts LIFT
Program
An economic summit, “The Economy:
Expectations, Risks, and Opportunities
2011 and Beyond,” co-hosted by the
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences and
the College of Business Administration,
was held on March 22. Speakers included
three well-known and distinguished UA
alumni: Sandra Pianalto ’76, president
and chief executive officer of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland;
Dennis Gartman ’72, editor and
publisher of the Gartman Letter and
frequent commentator on CNBC; and
Gary Thayer ’73, ’76, chief macro
strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors.
The forum offered a chance for
students and the general public to gain
more understanding from prominent UA
alumni of the economic challenges that
will be faced this year and beyond, and
received national coverage from The Wall
Street Journal, The Washington Post and
CNBC.com, among other media outlets.
The Dr. George E. Prough Scholarship
Fund was established in 2009 with
gifts from former Dean of the CBA
Mr. James W. Barnett, Drs. Roger T.
and Judith A. Read, and other former
students, faculty and friends to show their
appreciation for the professor’s service to
The University of Akron and the CBA.
Dr. Prough retired in 2004 from the
Department of Marketing, where he had
been a faculty member since 1968. He
also served the CBA as Associate Dean of
External Affairs and Community Service
In 1998, President Luis M. Proenza
asked Dr. Prough to lead The University
of Akron’s strategic planning efforts. He
served in this capacity from 1998-2002.
To contribute to the scholarship
fund, contact Chris Burdon, Director
of Development, College of Business
Administration, at 330-612-9566 or
cburdon@uakron.edu.
l to r: Dennis Gartman, Gary Thayer and Sandra Pianalto.
The John S. and
James L. Knight
Foundation
provided a
generous to the
Lola K. Isroff
Arts Assistance
Fund to support
the Arts LIFT
Program.
Arts LIFT,
winner of the 2005 Akron Arts Alliance
Collaborative Project Award and the
Environmental Education Council of
Ohio’s Charley Harper Award, is a
month-long summer arts apprenticeship
program offered to underserved high
school students in Akron Public Schools
by The University of Akron Mary Schiller
Myers School of Art.
According to Elisa Gargarella, art
education associate professor and
director of the program, students are
given an opportunity to work with
prominent artists, art teachers, and local
professionals, while also participating
in a community institution that places
value on environmental and ecological
concerns. Some of the past student
projects included creating rain barrels,
sculptures and unique benches with
custom ceramic mosaics. The projects
are then put on public display.
Community partners include the
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Association in Peninsula, Ohio; the
Cuyahoga Valley Environmental
Education Center in Peninsula; Stan
Hywet Hall and Gardens; Crown Point
Ecology Center; Akron Zoo; and the
City of Akron’s Keep Akron Beautiful
organization.
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