Published: February 05, 2015
UT’S TECO Energy Center for Leadership to Host Leadership Summit Feb. 18
Hear from today’s business experts and connect with tomorrow’s bright stars at the 2015 Leadership Summit, presented by The University of Tampa TECO Energy Center for Leadership. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 7:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the ninth floor of the Vaughn Center, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd.
The keynote speaker for the event is Don Hutson, CEO of U.S. Learning and author or co-author of 12 books, including the Wall Street Journal and New York Times international best sellers The One Minute Entrepreneur and The One Minute Negotiator. Hutson will present Leadership Makes the Difference! at 8 a.m.
Following the keynote will be a leadership panel. Speakers on the panel include John Ramil, president and CEO of TECO Energy Inc.; Pam Iorio, national president and CEO of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America and former Tampa mayor; Maj. Gen. Karl Horst, former chief of staff of U.S. Central Command located at MacDill Air Force Base; and Pete Teigen, business transformation executive, Watson Project, IBM. The panel will be moderated by Julie Pennington, UT assistant professor of marketing.
The event will conclude with roundtable discussions lead by UT students on hot topics in leadership, followed by lunch at noon.
The event is free for UT students, faculty and staff. General attendance is $79 and table sponsorships can be purchased for $500. To RSVP and purchase tickets, go to https://2015leadershipsummit.eventbrite.com/ by Monday, Feb. 16.
For more information, contact McKala Mason, coordinator of centers and institutes, at mmason@ut.edu or (813) 257-3782.
On Friday, April 17, a panel of four industry professionals will present the obstacles and challenges faced in today’s business environment related to whistleblowing.
The panel will be held at The University of Tampa Sykes College of Business, Room 234, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. This “Hot Seat Event” is sponsored by UT’s Center for Ethics. The public is invited, and there is no charge for the event.University of Tampa film students will screen their work at the first annual Moon Dance Film Festival at UT’s Reeves Theater on Tuesday, April 14, at 8:30 p.m.
Aaron Walker, assistant professor of communication, said the festival is an opportunity for UT students both to screen their work and to curate the best work of their peers.“It’s fully student-run, so it shows how deeply the students care about celebrating the strong work of their peers, but also shows how much desire there is for our FMA students to create venues of success for one another,” Walker said. “It’s a terrific collaboration, and will be a terrific party for film. Plus, the movies are great.”
The Sustainable Business Coalition of Tampa Bay Inc. and The University of Tampa Center for Ethics is calling for nominations for their annual Sustainable Business Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, June 10, at The University of Tampa’s Vaughn Center.
Now in its seventh year, the Sustainable Business Awards, sponsored by the Sustany Foundation, recognize and honor for-profit businesses in the Tampa Bay area that engage in practices that increase economic opportunities and improve the environment and community.