Maria Gamba, associate professor of business and chair of the quantitative programs; Paul Sears, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business; Gov. Ted Strickland; and Lisa Patt McDaniel, interim Ohio Dept. of Development director

The University of Findlay recently received a Governor’s Excellence in Exporting Award (E-Award).

It was presented at the Second Annual Ohio Global Summit on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the Hyatt Regency Columbus.

Gov. Ted Strickland honored Ohio-based companies and organizations that have achieved international success with this prestigious award.

Twenty-seven organizations were honored at the ceremony. UF is the second private university to have won the E-Award, and it is one of only five organizations in Findlay to have received the award. Others include Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., Ball Corp., Rowmark and Nissin Brake Ohio Inc., which also won the award this year. Ohio University was the only other university to be honored this year.

“We were especially pleased to be only the fourth university in Ohio recognized for international involvement, and the first to be recognized explicitly for service to students from around the world,” said Paul Sears, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business at UF.

According to Sears, UF was chosen because it “exports” educational services to students who come to Findlay’s campus to study business and other subjects – students who contribute to sources of revenues for numerous businesses and organizations in the Findlay area and throughout Ohio.