The University of Toledo will recognize Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold for his contributions to medical education and health care in the Toledo region with a farewell reception Wednesday, Jan. 29.

Gold

After nine years leading The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences and UT Medical Center, Gold has accepted an opportunity at the University of Nebraska to serve as chancellor of the institution’s medical center.

Gold will give a presentation at 3 p.m. followed by a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Radisson Hotel Mahogany Room at The University of Toledo.

“Jeff has provided UT transformational leadership during his tenure, and this is an opportunity to not only thank him for his dedication and hard work, but to learn from his experiences and observations,” Jacobs said.

As chancellor and executive vice president for biosciences and health affairs, Gold oversaw academic operations on the UT Health Science Campus and the clinical operations of UTMC and ambulatory care sites. Gold also served as dean of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences.

He joined the Medical College of Ohio in 2005 from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Gold earned his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Cornell University in 1974 and 1978, respectively, and completed residency and fellowship training at the New York Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. Gold is a board-certified thoracic surgeon and specializes in adult and pediatric cardiac surgery.

Active in his profession, Gold serves on more than 50 professional committees and more than 100 national organizations, volunteer boards, government/public health councils and industry. He also has been elected to the American Medical Association’s Council on Medical Education and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

Click here to download a photo of Gold.

The University of Toledo’s annual Tie One On event has rapidly become a tradition on campus and in the community.

Since its inception in 2011 as a fundraiser for cancer care, awareness and outreach at The University of Toledo Medical Center, the event has made bow ties a significant part of campus culture. 

Now organizers are trying to further link the UT name to the distinctive, symmetrical neckwear by pursuing the world record for the number of bow ties tied simultaneously.

“Bow ties have become a big part of life at UT,” said Lawrence J. Burns, vice president for external affairs and Tie One On founder. “What started out as a way to inject fun and fashion into the daily life has evolved into a rallying point for the Rocket Nation.”

This year’s Tie One On event will be held Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. in Savage Arena when the UT men’s basketball team takes on rival Bowling Green.

As in past years, participants will attend a meet-and-greet in the Fetterman Athletic Training Facility, where they will receive their tie. However, this year, attendees will be asked to remain in the facility so UT can pursue recognition from Guinness World Records for the most bow ties tied simultaneously.

“This effort is designed to further our goal of making Tie One On a year-round idea on campus,” Burns said. “We are getting more and more student involvement through the new Bow Tie Tuesday initiative and seeing them attend the event in greater numbers.”

To register for Tie One On, visit utoledo.edu/tieoneon. The $100 donation includes a bow tie, ticket to the game, the reception and a chance to be a part of history. A silent jersey auction also accompanies the event.

“We’ve raised more than $40,000 for cancer care, awareness and outreach,” Burns said. “Now we’re taking it to the next level, and we hope the community will turn out in force to help us kick cancer’s butt.”

Media Coverage
The Blade (Feb. 2, 2014)
FOX Toledo (Feb. 4, 2014)
WNWO (Feb. 4, 2014)
13 ABC (Feb. 6, 2014)
The Blade (Feb. 9, 2014)

The University of Toledo has canceled classes for Tuesday, Jan. 28, except for students in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences and the College of Pharmacy on the Health Science Campus.

Despite canceled classes, the University will remain open; all employees should report to work. If Lucas County is under a Level 3 Snow Emergency tomorrow morning, UT will provide further communications for employees.

The University of Toledo Medical Center and its outpatient clinics, as always, will remain open. Students in clinical clerkships also should plan to report to work.

To receive the fastest updates on severe weather and other campus emergencies, sign up for UT Alert to receive text messages on your phone by visiting https://stuweb00.utoledo.edu/redalert. Log in with your UTAD credentials.

The University of Toledo’s annual Tie One On event has rapidly become a tradition on campus and in the community.

Since its inception in 2011 as a fundraiser for cancer care, awareness and outreach at The University of Toledo Medical Center, the event has made bow ties a significant part of campus culture.

Now organizers are trying to further link the UT name to the distinctive, symmetrical neckwear by pursuing the world record for the number of bow ties tied simultaneously.

“Bow ties have become a big part of life at UT,” said Lawrence J. Burns, vice president for external affairs and Tie One On founder. “What started out as a way to inject fun and fashion into the daily life has evolved into a rallying point for the Rocket Nation.”

This year’s Tie One On event will be held Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. in Savage Arena when the UT men’s basketball team takes on rival Bowling Green.

As in past years, participants will attend a meet-and-greet in the Fetterman Athletic Training Facility, where they will receive their tie. However, this year, attendees will be asked to remain in the facility so UT can pursue recognition from Guinness World Records for the most bow ties tied simultaneously.

“This effort is designed to further our goal of making Tie One On a year-round idea on campus,” Burns said. “We are getting more and more student involvement through the new Bow Tie Tuesday initiative and seeing them attend the event in greater numbers.”

To register for Tie One On, visit utoledo.edu/tieoneon. The $100 donation includes a bow tie, ticket to the game, the reception and a chance to be a part of history. A silent jersey auction also accompanies the event.

“We’ve raised more than $40,000 for cancer care, awareness and outreach,” Burns said. “Now we’re taking it to the next level, and we hope the community will turn out in force to help us kick cancer’s butt.”

Media Coverage
The Blade (Jan. 28, 2014)
The Blade (Feb. 2, 2014)
FOX Toledo (Feb. 4, 2014)
WNWO (Feb. 4, 2014)
13 ABC (Feb. 6, 2014)
The Blade (Feb. 9, 2014)

It has been 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. said those famous words, “I have a dream.”

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Toledo community will gather at The University of Toledo to honor his vision of equality in a “Defending the Dream” Unity Celebration.

The 13th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Celebration will be 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20 in Savage Arena on the UT Main Campus. The event is free and open to the public. 

“Dr. King’s iconic address about unity, equality, freedom and justice would change the course of this great nation,” UT President Lloyd Jacobs said. “I believe it is the role of great universities like The University of Toledo to ensure the dream is within reach for all today and as the spirit of Dr. King’s life lives on into the future.”

“Defending the Dream is an appropriate theme to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.and the 50th anniversary of this historic speech, we as a Nation and as a City have not succeeded in making all of Dr. King’s dream come true,” Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins said. “We have made progress, but we still have work to do to be able to ‘transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.’ I believe the different parts of the orchestra are in tune, they are expert in their own scores but it will require more effort on all of our parts to obtain that beautiful symphony, one that we long to hear in our lifetime.”

The 2014 Unity Celebration will feature remarks by Toledo NAACP President Ray Wood, in addition to President Jacobs and Mayor Collins.

The Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir, Toledo Community Youth Choir and the MADD Poet Society will perform, and the 2014 MLK Scholarship recipients will be recognized.

Kristian Brown, 13 ABC reporter and anchor, and Tony Rios Jr., founder and executive producer of Tony Rios Enterprises Inc. Hispanic broadcast media and entertainment agency, will emcee the event.

WGTE Public Television will broadcast the event, which will conclude by 10:30 a.m. A free community luncheon will follow the ceremony.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a canned good that will be donated to the MLK Kitchen for the Poor, 650 Vance St. in downtown Toledo.

Leading up to the celebration, a number of events will be held on UT’s campus as part of Unity Week that begins at noon Monday, Jan. 13 with a Unity Week rally. The documentary “Freedom Riders” will be shown Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. in Student Union Room 2591 and the Unity Lock-In will be 6-11 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16.

The Unity Celebration is organized by a committee with co-chairs Dr. Shanda Gore, UT associate vice president of equity, diversity and community engagement, and Rosalinda Contreraz-Harris, executive director of the Toledo Youth Commission.

Media Coverage
13 ABC and WTOL 11 (Jan. 13, 2014)
The Blade (Jan. 18, 2014)
WTOL 11 and 13 ABC (Jan. 21, 2014)

The University of Toledo’s annual Tie One On event has rapidly become a tradition on campus and in the community. Since it’s inception in 2011 as a fundraiser for cancer care, awareness and outreach at The University of Toledo Medical Center, bow ties have become a significant part of campus culture. Now, organizers are trying to further link the UT name to the distinctive, symmetrical neckwear by pursuing the worlds record for the number of bow ties tied simultaneously.

The pursuit of the record and a new campus tradition, Bow Tie Tuesday, will be formally announced during a news conference at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14 in the Student Union Trimble Lounge. The event will feature Tod Kowalcyzk, UT men’s basketball coach and players, and Lawrence J. Burns, vice president for external affairs and Tie One On founder.

“Bow ties have become a big part of life at UT,” according to Burns. “What started out as a way to inject fun and fashion into the daily life has evolved into a rallying point for the Rocket Nation.”

This year’s Tie One On event will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 5 in John F. Savage Arean when the UT men’s basketball team takes on chief rival Bowling Green. As in past years, participants will attend a meet-and-greet in the Fetterman Athletic Training Facility where they will receive their tie. However, this year, attendees will be asked to remain in the facility so UT can pursue recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records for the most bow ties tied simultaneously.

“This effort is designed to further our goal of making Tie One On a year-round idea on campus,” Burns said. “We are getting more and more student involvement through the new ‘Bow Tie Tuesday’ initiative and seeing them attend the event in greater numbers.”

To register for Tie One On, visit utoledo.edu/tieoneon. The $100 donation includes a bow tie, ticket to the game, the reception and a chance to be a part of history. A silent jersey auction also accompanies the event.

“We’ve raised more than $40,000 for cancer care, awareness and outreach,” Burns said. “Now, we’re taking it to the next level and we hope the community will turn out in force to help us kick cancer’s butt.”

Click here to download the Tie One On logo.

For more information, contact Tobin J. Klinger, associate vice president for university communications, at 419.530.4279 or tobin.klinger@utoledo.edu.

Media Coverage
13 ABC, WTOL 11 and WNWO (Jan. 15, 2014)
The Blade (Jan. 28, 2014)
The Blade (Feb. 2, 2014)
FOX Toledo (Feb. 4, 2014)
WNWO (Feb. 4, 2014)
13 ABC (Feb. 6, 2014)
The Blade (Feb. 9, 2014)

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   UT, City of Toledo to invite community to MLK Unity Celebration

The Toledo community will gather together at The University of Toledo on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. King 50 years after his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.

The 13th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Celebration will take place at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20 in Savage Arena.

UT President Lloyd Jacobs and Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10 in the Schmakel Room of the Driscoll Alumni Center on the UT Main Campus to extend an invitation to the greater Toledo community to attend the Unity Celebration.

The theme of the 2014 event is “Defending the Dream” in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream Speech.”

The celebration will feature remarks by Toledo NAACP President Ray Wood, in addition to President Jacobs and Mayor Collins, as well as performances by the Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir and recognition of the 2012 MLK Scholarship recipients. A free community luncheon will follow the ceremony.

Media Coverage
The Blade (Jan. 11, 2014)
13 ABC and WTOL 11 (Jan. 13, 2014)
The Blade (Jan. 18, 2014)
WTOL 11 and 13 ABC (Jan. 21, 2014)

** UPDATE **

The University of Toledo has canceled morning classes for Wednesday, Jan. 8 that begin before noon. Classes starting at noon or after will resume their normal schedule.

All employees should report to work and resume their normal schedule Wednesday morning.

The University of Toledo Medical Center and its outpatient clinics, as always, will remain open. Students in clinical clerkships also should plan to report to work.

To receive the fastest updates on severe weather and other campus emergencies, UT faculty, staff and students can up for UT Alert to receive text messages on their phones by visiting https://stuweb00.utoledo.edu/redalert. Log in with UTAD credentials.

The University of Toledo has canceled morning classes for Wednesday, Jan. 8 that begin before noon. Classes starting at noon or after will resume their normal schedule.

If the Level 3 snow emergency is lifted, all employees should report to work and resume their normal schedule Wednesday morning. UT will announce by 6 a.m. whether employees should report.

If a Level 3 snow emergency remains in effect tomorrow morning, only employees essential to University operations should report to work. Those who have questions regarding their status should contact their supervisor for clarification.

The University of Toledo Medical Center and its outpatient clinics, as always, will remain open. Students in clinical clerkships also should plan to report to work.

To receive the fastest updates on severe weather and other campus emergencies, UT faculty, staff and students can sign up for UT Alert to receive text messages on their phones by visiting https://stuweb00.utoledo.edu/redalert. Log in with UTAD credentials.

Business strategy expert Richard Rumelt will deliver the third talk in the inaugural Jesup Scott Honors College Lecture Series Monday, Jan. 13 at The University of Toledo.

Rumelt

Rumelt is the Harry and Elsa Kunin Professor of Business and Society at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Voted one of the world’s Top 50 Business Thinkers by the Thinkers50 program, sponsored by the Harvard Business Review, he maintains a multifaceted career in teaching, research and consulting, with the focus on competitive advantage and strategy, industry dynamics, and overall management.

The talk will be 7 p.m. in Doermann Theater in University Hall on the UT Main Campus. The Toledo Symphony Chamber Orchestra will perform prior to the lecture. Tickets are available at utoledo.edu/honorslecture.

“As UT enters the second year of its Main Campus strategic plan Imagine 2017, this is a great opportunity to welcome a strategy expert of Rumelt’s caliber to campus to provide insight into how institutions can best meet industry challenges and move forward,” said Dr. Scott Scarborough, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.

Rumelt is the author of “Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters,” a finalist for the 2011 Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.

He previously served on the faculty of Harvard Business School and INSEAD, The Business School for the World, where he headed the Corporate Renewal Initiative. Rumelt also was a founding member and served as president of the Strategic Management Society, which represents some 3,000 members from more than 80 countries.

The Jesup Scott Honors College Lecture Series kicked off in September with education innovator Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy, and in November UT heard from political consultant James Carville. Arizona State University President Michael Crow will deliver the final lecture of the 2013-14 academic year Monday, March 10.

Click here for a photo of Rumelt.