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Airport arts contest for high school students ‘sells’ Memphis to millions of visitors
Five million people who change planes in Memphis each year may never set foot on Beale Street, but they can feel the city’s vibe just the same.
Images of blues, barbecue, history and attractions are beckoning in the concourse connectors, courtesy of Memphis International Airport Community Foundation’s High School Visual Arts Competition.
Of 9 million passengers served by the airport this year, only about 4 million will physically leave the airport property. The rest will take home what they experienced during a layover of an hour or two.
Airport officials created the art competition five years ago to advertise the city’s charms, while encouraging and rewarding young artists.
“What it does is give people a sense of place,” said Richard White, vice president of properties for the Airport Authority. “The entire program is about Memphis, showing its music, its sights and sounds.
Engaging architecture: Top honors go to archimania, Clark/Dixon and Haizlip
The modern designs of a Cordova veterinary clinic and Harbor Town house won top honors Saturday night in the 2012 American Institute of Architects Memphis Design Awards.
They were among the seven projects honored out of 41 designs submitted by local architecture firms.
The jury from Omaha, Neb., comprising three architects, an art professor and newspaper columnist, gave five of the awards to modern-design firm archimania.
That firm’s designs also drew the two highest awards, called Honor Awards.
Merit Award is the mid-level honor, and Citation Award is the lower level.
The Honor Award of Excellence for New Construction went to archimania for:
Memphis Veterinary Specialists, 555 Trinity Creek Cove in Cordova, a business owned by Tobias and Associates LLC. (Construction cost: $3,219,900).
and skycottage, a house in Harbor Town owned by an archimania principal, Barry Alan Yoakum.
DEAN’S CIRCLE CONTINUES TO GROW
– Despite challenging economic times in 2010, the Dean’s Circle of the E. J. Ourso College of Business grew by 34 percent in participation and generated $176,998 to the Dean’s Excellence Fund.
“We certainly thank everyone who supported or became part of the Dean’s Circle in 2010,” said E. J. Ourso College Dean Eli Jones. “I’m certain we will show growth again once the numbers are tabulated for 2011.”
According to Jones, Dean’s Circle members provide the working capital needed to fund many pursuits of the college, including funding scholarships, student educational travel expenses, professional development for faculty and staff, software and technology and development initiatives to build alumni and community relationships.
Levels of Giving
$10,000 and above Dean’s Circle Partner $5,000 to $9,999 Dean’s Circle Manager $2,500 to $4,999 Dean’s Circle Executive $1,000 to $2,499 Dean’s Circle Shareholder $500 to $999 Dean’ Circle Associate (graduates under 40 years of age)
Dean’s Circle Manager Tiffany A. and Corey S. (BS, ’91) Alemand
Interest rate arbitration – Help yourself out of debt
Difficulty in paying high interest debts is nothing new. Credit card debts are unsecured debts which have a very high interest rate which can go up to even more than 30%. Thus it becomes very difficult to pay such high rates of interest especially if you have a substantial amount of outstanding balance. On top of this, if you have multiple credit cards on which you have incurred debt, then it becomes almost impossible for you to make all ends meet. You can then take help of interest rate arbitration in order to deal with your debt situation and make your debt payments more manageable.
How can you go about with interest rate arbitration?
Interest rate arbitration is a process by which you will be able to reduce the interest rate on your outstanding credit card balances. Read more…
Electricians put finishing touches on Memphis Bioworks solar array
Electricians and other crew members are nearly half-finished installing about 3,000 solar panels atop the Memphis Bioworks parking garage.
Electricians like the work so much that they’re hoping this first large-scale solar array in urban Memphis won’t be the last. (Another, even larger solar array is about to start making power in an Agricenter field.)
The 750-kilowatt system soars above the top level of the 917-space garage, bounded by Union, Pauline, Monroe and Dudley.
The gray steel framing clears the parking spaces by 10 feet. Above the steel beams, hundreds of solar panels are already set in their sun-worshipping position: Facing south at a 20-degree angle.
Via electrical lines protected by tubes, the sun’s energy will travel from the 2,986 panels to a dozen “combine boxes” mounted around the garage’s top floor.
From those boxes, the power will flow to the garage’s northeast corner where inverters already sit.
BARNES TO SPEAK AT BREAKFAST TO BUSINESS EVENT
– Stephen Barnes, associate director of the LSU Division of Economic Development, will be the first speaker of 2012 in LSU Executive Education’s Breakfast to Business series. The event will be held Tuesday, January 17, at Café Américain from 7:30 a.m.to 8:30 a.m. Café Américain is located at 7521 Jefferson Highway.
Barnes will discuss the rise of the Green Economy and how Louisiana is getting involved. His presentation, “The Greening of the LA Economy: Fact or Fiction?” will present the concept of the green economy and cover the following topics:
- What exactly is the Green Economy and how is it growing?
- Is Louisiana (and Baton Rouge) really invested in it?
- What does the Green Economy mean for you and your business?
“LSU’s Division of Economic Development, working with the Louisiana Workforce Commission, conducted a recent study around the Green Economy within Louisiana,” LSU Executive Education Director Robin Kistler said. “This is an opportu
LSU BUSINESS STUDENTS MEET WARREN BUFFETT
OMAHA, Neb. – Twenty LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business students from the Department of Finance and the LSU Flores MBA Program were among students from six universities nationally that were selected to meet and interact with Warren Buffett, Friday, January 13. The students spent their day with the business magnate, investor and philanthropist by touring two Berkshire-Hathaway subsidiaries, participating in a two-hour Q&A session with him and dining at his favorite restaurant, Piccolo Pete’s.
Jasmine Spear, a second-year LSU Flores MBA student, said meeting Buffett was a “momentous experience,” and described him as a humble man with a welcoming persona.
“He managed to hold the attention of 100-plus students for about two and half hours straight,” Spear said. “He spoke to us as the future leaders of America, explaining his political philosophy, business intellect and overall success.”
Harrison Breaud, a finance senior in the E. J. Ourso College
Electrolux lists contractors awarded Memphis work
Winning the contract to erect 2.8 miles of fencing at the Electrolux plant was “huge” to South Memphis Fence Co. Inc.
“Some of the guys I had laid off that were drawing unemployment, they get a chance to come back and work and provide for their families,” owner Warren Price said.
Landing the contract to supply 4,500 light fixtures for the seven Electrolux buildings means the biggest job ever for the eight-year-old Brighter Days Nites LLC.
“This puts us in position to hopefully get more business,” Brighter Days Nites owner Dorothy Sinclair said.
Electrolux this week identified South Memphis Fence, Brighter Days Nites and 12 other minority- and female-owned businesses that have won contracts to help build its cooking-appliance plant in Frank C.