{"id":32257,"date":"2014-12-22T03:42:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T08:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=32257"},"modified":"2014-12-17T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T15:22:05","slug":"the-relevant-university-to-air-dec-23-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/12_22_2014\/the-relevant-university-to-air-dec-23-2","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Relevant University&#8217; to air Dec. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the growth of minority-owned businesses continues to increase, so do the challenges and resources needed for success. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Relevant-U-logo-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Relevant-U-logo-2014.jpg\" alt=\"Relevant U logo 2014\" width=\"504\" height=\"149\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Relevant-U-logo-2014.jpg 504w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Relevant-U-logo-2014-300x88.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a>In this month\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Relevant University,\u201d Lawrence J. Burns, vice president for external affairs at The University of Toledo, talks about those challenges with four leaders in the area of minority business development and ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in \u201cThe Relevant University\u201d Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. on AM 760 WJR.<\/p>\n<p>The guests will be:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Shanda Gore, associate vice president for equity, diversity and community engagement and chief diversity officer at The University of Toledo;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Gary Johnson, president and CEO of American Floors and Interiors in Toledo;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tarolyn Buckles, president and CEO of Onyx Enterprises Inc. in Detroit; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Louis Green, CEO of the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Toledo and Detroit\u2019s WJR Radio produce the monthly, hour-long program that explores the critical role higher education plays in our world.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u201cThe Relevant University\u201d at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoledo.edu\/therelevantuniversity\/\">utoledo.edu\/therelevantuniversity<\/a>, WJR 760 AM or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjr.com\/\">wjr.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Challenges faced by minority-owned businesses will be the topic of \u201cThe Relevant University\u201d Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. on AM 760 WJR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":693,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,32,5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/693"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}