Terry McNew Archives | University of Central 性视界传媒 News Central 性视界传媒 Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:55:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 /wp-content/blogs.dir/20/files/2019/05/cropped-logo-150x150.png Terry McNew Archives | University of Central 性视界传媒 News 32 32 College of Business Honors Dr. Hitt, Alumni, Partners, Executives at Hall of Fame /news/college-of-business-celebrates-dr-hitt-top-alumni-partners-executives-at-hall-of-fame/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:14:06 +0000 /news/?p=81051 From an opening torch lighting to a final call of 鈥淒o you believe in miracles?,鈥 the 性视界传媒 College of Business 2018 Hall of Fame: Knights on Ice paid homage to the Winter Olympics while feting its own gold-medal-caliber alumni, partners and leaders at Rosen Shingle Creek.

More than 800 students, alumni, faculty, corporate partners and community members gathered Feb. 20聽to honor 性视界传媒 President John C. Hitt with a Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrate the induction of three Hall of Famers and recognize several of the college鈥檚 distinguished alumni.

Before presenting the special award to Dr. Hitt, who will retire as president later this year, business Dean Paul Jarley thanked him for making 性视界传媒 the partnership university, and then asked everyone in the audience who had graduated or worked for 性视界传媒 during Dr. Hitt鈥檚 presidency to stand, spurring a majority of the audience to its feet.

鈥淥n behalf of everyone standing here tonight,鈥 Jarley said, 鈥渋t is my great pleasure to present you with our Lifetime Achievement Award. We are and forever will be part of the 鈥楬itt Squad.鈥 鈥

On the stage set to look like an Olympic news studio and with vice president of 性视界传媒 Communications & Marketing Grant Heston serving as host, the college interviewed and inducted Sheila Jordan 鈥86, senior vice president and chief information officer of Symantec; Terry McNew 鈥86, president and CEO of MasterCraft Boat Company; and Dawn Olivardia 鈥89, 鈥90, tax partner, Grant Thornton LLP, into its Hall of Fame.

Ravago Holdings America and Verizon received Partnership Awards. In addition, the college presented Entrepreneurial Alumni Awards to Jorge Amaro 鈥13, founder and CEO of A3i Inc.; Ken Herndon 鈥87, founder and CEO of KC Curb Inc.; and Carey Sobel 鈥09, partner and chief strategy officer of Three21 Creative. Peter Laurinaitis 鈥93, 鈥95, partner of PJT Partners; Jason M. Reilly 鈥95, 鈥98, CFA, managing director and market investment executive of U.S. Trust; and Woody Walker 鈥92, 鈥94, senior vice president of alliances and client engagement of Convergence Consulting Group, received the Honorable Knights Award. Daniel Conn 鈥09, 鈥10, CPA, director of finance of Demetree Global; and Blaire Martin 鈥11, 鈥13, co-founder and executive director of 性视界传媒 Angel Nexus, took home the Notable Knights Awards.

This was the 19th year for the Hall of Fame, which was presented by perennial platinum sponsor and partner BB&T. This year BB&T increased its sponsorship to allow for more students to attend and participate in the student-engagement session at which students network with alumni and the college鈥檚 corporate partners before the awards. Scott Keith, BB&T regional president of North and Central 性视界传媒, joined Knightro onstage to light the ceremonial torch to start the event.

The night鈥檚 closing ceremony saw Heston, a 2013 alumnus of the college鈥檚 executive MBA program, congratulate and thank all of the honorees before setting up the final video with sportscaster Al Michaels鈥 iconic line, 鈥滵o you believe in miracles?鈥 Onscreen, Jarley delivered a Herb Brooks-inspired speech to fire up the crowd. As the video ended, Knightro and the 性视界传媒 men鈥檚 ice hockey team appeared in full uniform, to the delight of the audience, and marched through the ballroom prompting chants of 鈥淯-C-F! U-C-F!鈥

]]> 性视界传媒 Alumni Association and Colleges Present 2015 Professional Achievement Awards /news/ucf-alumni-association-and-colleges-present-2015-professional-achievement-awards/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:48:50 +0000 /news/?p=69082 性视界传媒’s聽alumni association and colleges honored 11 Knights with Professional Achievement Awards at the聽Black & Gold Gala on Oct. 22.聽This year’s celebration was the 35th year the alumni association has recognized alumni who “Reach for the Stars.”

Professional Achievement Award winners are selected by each individual college and are given to alumni who are standouts in their respective fields.

The 2015 awardees included:
The Burnett Honors College
Susan D. Rozelle, ’94| Associate Dean for Faculty and Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law
College of Arts and Humanities
Juliann Nicole Hickey, ’95 | Senior Vice President and Eastern Regional Manager, Title Resources
College of Business Administration
Terry D. McNew, ’86 | President/CEO, MasterCraft Boat Company LLC
College of Education and Human Performance
Gonzalo S. La Cava, ’97, ’01, ’09 | Area Superintendent, Central Learning Community, Fulton County Schools
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Benjamin J. Patz, ’85 | Managing Director, The FAN Fund
College of Health and Public Affairs
Bernard Rousseau, ’98, ’00, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow | Associate Vice Chair for Research/Chancellor Faculty Fellow/Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Hearing and Speech Sciences, and Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
College of Medicine
Dr. Michael Makowski, ’80 | Eye Physician/Surgeon, Tomoka Eye Associates
College of Nursing
Thomas Weichart, ’04, ’14 | Clinical Nursing Director, ONI Medical Associates
College of Optics and Photonics
Frank J. Effenberger, ’95 | VP, Access Lab, Futurewei Technologies
College of Sciences
James Rosengren, ’81 | Founder/Chairman/CEO, Heritage Health Solutions Inc.
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Christopher Iaciofoli, ’03聽|聽Director of Operations, Red Lobster Seafood Co.

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The evening’s other recipients聽included:
Distinguished Student Award
Yudeysis Cores
Service to 性视界传媒 Award
The Honorable Olga M. Calvet, ’71 | Senior Vice President/CFO, Palmas Services LLC
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Alex Martins, ’01 | CEO, Orlando Magic
Michelle Akers Award
Limbitless Solutions
Champions Award
J. Charles Gray

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

Read more stories about alumni at ucfalumni.com.

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