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January 11, 2006
Business, finances discussed at entrepreneurship panel
GROVE CITY, Pa. – With an aim to educate students, alumni and the public about new businesses and their finances, the Grove City College Entrepreneurship Program will host a Financial Speakers’ Panel at 7 p.m. Feb. 6 in the Sticht Lecture Hall of the Hall of Arts and Letters on the Grove City College campus.
Five alumni who are noteworthy financial professionals will participate on the panel:
· Michael Kramer ’80, president/CEO, Ohio Legacy Corp., Wooster, Ohio
· Mark Lowrey ’79, chief financial officer, CoAdvantage, Orlando, Fla.
· Denis Meinert ’82, vice president/chief financial officer, H.B. Maynard and Company, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
· David Rathburn ’79, owner, US Joiner LLC, Waynesboro, Va.; chairman of the College Board of Trustees
· John Yanak ’79, principal, Grossman, Yanak and Ford LLP, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Entrepreneurship Financial Speakers’ Panel will provide Grove City College students with an interactive opportunity to learn more about the financial aspects of starting, running and growing a business. Additionally, students planning to compete on May 5 in the campus-wide fourth annual Business Plan Competition, sponsored by Pine Instrument Company and The Wesley Institute, will learn more about the financial considerations necessary for developing a solid business plan.
According to Dr. Jim Dupree, director of the Entrepreneurship Program and professor of business, “We are indeed fortunate to have these alumni back on campus to offer their valuable insight and advice to students who are beginning to create their entrepreneurial futures.” Dupree also noted that several of the panelists will speak in classes and meet with entrepreneurship majors earlier in the day.
A reception with the panelists will immediately follow the hour-long panel discussion. The event is free and open to the campus community and general public.
For further information on the panel, the Entrepreneurship Program at Grove City College or the Business Plan Competition, contact Dupree at (724) 458-3354 or jvdupree@gcc.edu.
This release is available for download at www.gcc.edu/news/releases/main. Media may contact Clingensmith for further details.
Grove City College is listed as one of the Most Competitive colleges in the nation by Barron’s. In its category, Grove City College is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report as No. 1 Best Value and No. 3 overall in the 2006 guide to America’s Best Colleges. Grove City College has also been called a “best value” and a “hidden treasure” by guidance counselors in the Kaplan National High School Guidance Counselor Survey, and is also the No. 16 Best Bargain school according to the Princeton Review. Founded in 1876, it is located 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pa. With an enrollment of 2,300 students, it is a private Christian college teaching the liberal arts, sciences and engineering. It is an advocate of the free market economic system and accepts no federal funding. Tuition is about half of the national average for private colleges.
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